Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset

Food systems face multifaceted challenges ranging from inadequate supply of nutritious food products to a range of negative environmental impacts (Fable et al., 202; Rockstöm et al., 2020; Willet et al., 2019). Fuctional agricultural bidiversity has emerged as an important consideration that, if car...

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Main Authors: Kamal, Mustafa, Faisal, Asif Al, Kafle, Krishna, Karki, Saral, Krupnik, Timothy J., Urfels, Anton
Format: Data Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130332
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author Kamal, Mustafa
Faisal, Asif Al
Kafle, Krishna
Karki, Saral
Krupnik, Timothy J.
Urfels, Anton
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Kafle, Krishna
Kamal, Mustafa
Karki, Saral
Krupnik, Timothy J.
Urfels, Anton
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Faisal, Asif Al
Kafle, Krishna
Karki, Saral
Krupnik, Timothy J.
Urfels, Anton
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description Food systems face multifaceted challenges ranging from inadequate supply of nutritious food products to a range of negative environmental impacts (Fable et al., 202; Rockstöm et al., 2020; Willet et al., 2019). Fuctional agricultural bidiversity has emerged as an important consideration that, if carefully managed, could help to improved food system outcomes through several pathways including production risk miigation, increased and diversified incomes and livelihoods, and potentially as a contributor to healthier diets (Gaitán-Cremaschi et al., 2018; Klerkx & Rose 2020). However, large-scale regional patterns and drivers of agricultural biodiversity in South Asia remain largely underexplored. To address this gap, TAFFSA is producing a regional agricultural biodiversity database that will support researchers and policy markers in better understanding diversification in the food system and the relationships between agrobiodiversity and key food system outcomes. The current dataset contains regional district-level production data from 2019-2022, depending on availability, and includes a dietary groupings of food groups. Preliminary results show that cereals are by far the largest food category, but also highlight spatial variation in the diversity of food production. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Northen and Eastern India, and Nepal appear to be more diverse and dedicate larger shares of cultivated land to cereals than Western and Central India. After fully harmonizing the data sources,this dataset will help to identify hotspots of agobiodiversity including diagnostics and drivers of diversification that can inform sustainable food system transitions.
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spelling CGSpace1303322023-08-03T08:11:52Z Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset Kamal, Mustafa Faisal, Asif Al Kafle, Krishna Karki, Saral Krupnik, Timothy J. Urfels, Anton agrobiodiversity food systems data crop production Food systems face multifaceted challenges ranging from inadequate supply of nutritious food products to a range of negative environmental impacts (Fable et al., 202; Rockstöm et al., 2020; Willet et al., 2019). Fuctional agricultural bidiversity has emerged as an important consideration that, if carefully managed, could help to improved food system outcomes through several pathways including production risk miigation, increased and diversified incomes and livelihoods, and potentially as a contributor to healthier diets (Gaitán-Cremaschi et al., 2018; Klerkx & Rose 2020). However, large-scale regional patterns and drivers of agricultural biodiversity in South Asia remain largely underexplored. To address this gap, TAFFSA is producing a regional agricultural biodiversity database that will support researchers and policy markers in better understanding diversification in the food system and the relationships between agrobiodiversity and key food system outcomes. The current dataset contains regional district-level production data from 2019-2022, depending on availability, and includes a dietary groupings of food groups. Preliminary results show that cereals are by far the largest food category, but also highlight spatial variation in the diversity of food production. Bangladesh, Pakistan, Northen and Eastern India, and Nepal appear to be more diverse and dedicate larger shares of cultivated land to cereals than Western and Central India. After fully harmonizing the data sources,this dataset will help to identify hotspots of agobiodiversity including diagnostics and drivers of diversification that can inform sustainable food system transitions. 2022-12-31 2023-05-11T15:03:06Z 2023-05-11T15:03:06Z Data Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130332 en Open Access application/pdf International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Kamal, M., Faisal, A., Kafle, K., Karki, S., Krupnik, T. J., and Urfels, A. 2022.Patterns and Drivers of Agrcultural biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional datasetWork Package 5 Data Note 1. CGIARresearch initiative on Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia (TAFSSA). International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. Dhaka, Bangladesh. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22605
spellingShingle agrobiodiversity
food systems
data
crop production
Kamal, Mustafa
Faisal, Asif Al
Kafle, Krishna
Karki, Saral
Krupnik, Timothy J.
Urfels, Anton
Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset
title Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset
title_full Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset
title_fullStr Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset
title_full_unstemmed Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset
title_short Patterns and Drivers of Agricultural Biodiversity in South Asia: A preliminary overview of a regional dataset
title_sort patterns and drivers of agricultural biodiversity in south asia a preliminary overview of a regional dataset
topic agrobiodiversity
food systems
data
crop production
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130332
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