Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa
The challenges relating to biodiversity loss, food insecurity and climate change show the urgent need to make transition towards sustainable food systems in West Africa. To bring about such a transition worldwide, the United Nations’ Food Systems Summit was held in September 2021. One of the main ou...
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| author | El Bilali, Hamid Cardone, Gianluigi Naino Jika, Abdel Kader Falcis, Eleonora de Rokka, Susanna Diawara, Ali Badara Nouhou, Bassirou Ghine, Andrea |
| author_browse | Cardone, Gianluigi Diawara, Ali Badara El Bilali, Hamid Falcis, Eleonora de Ghine, Andrea Naino Jika, Abdel Kader Nouhou, Bassirou Rokka, Susanna |
| author_facet | El Bilali, Hamid Cardone, Gianluigi Naino Jika, Abdel Kader Falcis, Eleonora de Rokka, Susanna Diawara, Ali Badara Nouhou, Bassirou Ghine, Andrea |
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| description | The challenges relating to biodiversity loss, food insecurity and climate change show the urgent need to make transition towards sustainable food systems in West Africa. To bring about such a transition worldwide, the United Nations’ Food Systems Summit was held in September 2021. One of the main outcomes of the Summit was the national pathways to sustainable food systems. This review analyses whether and how agro-biodiversity is addressed in the food system transformation pathways submitted by West African countries in the framework of the Summit. The content analysis suggests that agro-biodiversity is not a central topic in the national transformation pathways. In fact, it is completely overlooked in some pathways documents, and rather marginal in others. Some national documents (cf. Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria) refer to the promotion of the diversity of crops and farm animals as a means of adapting to climate change, improving livelihoods and diversifying diets thus contributing to nutrition security. Moreover, only a few measures and actions dealing with the valorisation of the neglected and underutilised species (NUS) and traditional crop varieties are included in the national transformation pathways (cf. Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone). The conservation, management and restoration of agrobiodiversity and agro-ecosystems are crucial to boost the transition towards nature-positive food systems in the region. Therefore, a paradigm change is needed in policy, research and practice to conserve the natural resource base and contribute to sustainable development by addressing, inter alia, food insecurity and malnutrition, rural poverty and climate change challenges. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1270372025-12-08T09:54:28Z Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa El Bilali, Hamid Cardone, Gianluigi Naino Jika, Abdel Kader Falcis, Eleonora de Rokka, Susanna Diawara, Ali Badara Nouhou, Bassirou Ghine, Andrea biodiversity conservation food systems underutilized species sustainable agriculture agrobiodiversity The challenges relating to biodiversity loss, food insecurity and climate change show the urgent need to make transition towards sustainable food systems in West Africa. To bring about such a transition worldwide, the United Nations’ Food Systems Summit was held in September 2021. One of the main outcomes of the Summit was the national pathways to sustainable food systems. This review analyses whether and how agro-biodiversity is addressed in the food system transformation pathways submitted by West African countries in the framework of the Summit. The content analysis suggests that agro-biodiversity is not a central topic in the national transformation pathways. In fact, it is completely overlooked in some pathways documents, and rather marginal in others. Some national documents (cf. Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria) refer to the promotion of the diversity of crops and farm animals as a means of adapting to climate change, improving livelihoods and diversifying diets thus contributing to nutrition security. Moreover, only a few measures and actions dealing with the valorisation of the neglected and underutilised species (NUS) and traditional crop varieties are included in the national transformation pathways (cf. Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone). The conservation, management and restoration of agrobiodiversity and agro-ecosystems are crucial to boost the transition towards nature-positive food systems in the region. Therefore, a paradigm change is needed in policy, research and practice to conserve the natural resource base and contribute to sustainable development by addressing, inter alia, food insecurity and malnutrition, rural poverty and climate change challenges. 2022-11 2023-01-13T11:02:28Z 2023-01-13T11:02:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127037 en Open Access application/pdf National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska El Bilali, H.; Cardone, G.; Naino Jika A.K.; De Falcis, E.; Rokka, S.; Diawara A. B.; Nouhou, B.; Ghione, A. (2022) Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa. AGROFOR International Journal 7(3) p. 5-16. ISSN: 2490-3442 |
| spellingShingle | biodiversity conservation food systems underutilized species sustainable agriculture agrobiodiversity El Bilali, Hamid Cardone, Gianluigi Naino Jika, Abdel Kader Falcis, Eleonora de Rokka, Susanna Diawara, Ali Badara Nouhou, Bassirou Ghine, Andrea Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa |
| title | Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa |
| title_full | Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa |
| title_fullStr | Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa |
| title_short | Agro-biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation: case of West Africa |
| title_sort | agro biodiversity in national pathways for food system transformation case of west africa |
| topic | biodiversity conservation food systems underutilized species sustainable agriculture agrobiodiversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127037 |
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