Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition

This chapter characterizes the biodiversity on the planet and stresses the importance of biodiversity for agriculture. It then highlights the latest research on the decline in biodiversity and its impact on food supplies, and how biodiversity links to diets. It describes some challenges in ensuring...

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Autor principal: Fanzo, Jessica
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146343
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description This chapter characterizes the biodiversity on the planet and stresses the importance of biodiversity for agriculture. It then highlights the latest research on the decline in biodiversity and its impact on food supplies, and how biodiversity links to diets. It describes some challenges in ensuring that agrobiodiversity is central to sustainable development. Finally, it identifies the gaps in knowledge that remain and some potential solutions to push biodiversity to the forefront of the 2030 sustainable development agenda.
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spelling CGSpace1463432025-12-08T10:29:22Z Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition Fanzo, Jessica biodiversity agrobiodiversity nutrition-sensitive agriculture nutrition policies agricultural policies sustainability nutrition agricultural development food systems dietary diversity This chapter characterizes the biodiversity on the planet and stresses the importance of biodiversity for agriculture. It then highlights the latest research on the decline in biodiversity and its impact on food supplies, and how biodiversity links to diets. It describes some challenges in ensuring that agrobiodiversity is central to sustainable development. Finally, it identifies the gaps in knowledge that remain and some potential solutions to push biodiversity to the forefront of the 2030 sustainable development agenda. 2019-02-14 2024-06-21T09:06:42Z 2024-06-21T09:06:42Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146343 en https://doi.org/10.1079/9781786399311.0000 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute CAB International Fanzo, Jessica. 2019. Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition. In Agriculture for improved nutrition: Seizing the momentum. Chapter 4. Fan, Shenggen; Yosef, Sivan; Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.). Wallingford, UK: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CABI. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146343
spellingShingle biodiversity
agrobiodiversity
nutrition-sensitive agriculture
nutrition policies
agricultural policies
sustainability
nutrition
agricultural development
food systems
dietary diversity
Fanzo, Jessica
Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition
title Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition
title_full Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition
title_fullStr Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition
title_full_unstemmed Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition
title_short Biodiversity: An essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition
title_sort biodiversity an essential natural resource for improving diets and nutrition
topic biodiversity
agrobiodiversity
nutrition-sensitive agriculture
nutrition policies
agricultural policies
sustainability
nutrition
agricultural development
food systems
dietary diversity
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