Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review

The global shift away from healthy, diverse, and sustainable diets threatens children's health and futures. Although school gardens and home-grown school feeding can reconnect children with nutritious, sustainably produced food, these interventions are often implemented separately and with little at...

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Autores principales: Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, van Houtert, Maaike MA, Araujo De Lima, Silvia, Fauchon, Paul, Hunter, Danny, Jones, Sarah K., Ondo, Ian, Cabrejos, Piedad Pareja, Pastorino, Silvia, Pironon, Samuel, Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma, Sibeso, Mulele, Singh, Samrat, Remans, Roseline
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier BV 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179603
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author Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
van Houtert, Maaike MA
Araujo De Lima, Silvia
Fauchon, Paul
Hunter, Danny
Jones, Sarah K.
Ondo, Ian
Cabrejos, Piedad Pareja
Pastorino, Silvia
Pironon, Samuel
Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma
Sibeso, Mulele
Singh, Samrat
Remans, Roseline
author_browse Araujo De Lima, Silvia
Cabrejos, Piedad Pareja
Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
Fauchon, Paul
Hunter, Danny
Jones, Sarah K.
Ondo, Ian
Pastorino, Silvia
Pironon, Samuel
Remans, Roseline
Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma
Sibeso, Mulele
Singh, Samrat
van Houtert, Maaike MA
author_facet Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
van Houtert, Maaike MA
Araujo De Lima, Silvia
Fauchon, Paul
Hunter, Danny
Jones, Sarah K.
Ondo, Ian
Cabrejos, Piedad Pareja
Pastorino, Silvia
Pironon, Samuel
Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma
Sibeso, Mulele
Singh, Samrat
Remans, Roseline
author_sort Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
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description The global shift away from healthy, diverse, and sustainable diets threatens children's health and futures. Although school gardens and home-grown school feeding can reconnect children with nutritious, sustainably produced food, these interventions are often implemented separately and with little attention to agrobiodiversity, which is a cornerstone for sustainability and healthy diets. Via a scoping review of 124 articles from 35 countries, we identified wide-ranging and complementary benefits of these interventions beyond health and education. The benchmark of the species used in these interventions against cultivated, predicted, and listed edible plants shows that agrobiodiversity is underused. Despite fragmented and incomplete evidence, our research shows that these interventions can jointly drive profound transformation. Realising this potential demands systemic shifts toward holistic, rights-based approaches that overcome surmountable barriers and build objective, sustainable, and resilient food systems delivering planet-friendly school meals.
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spelling CGSpace1796032026-01-21T13:57:35Z Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review Estrada-Carmona, Natalia van Houtert, Maaike MA Araujo De Lima, Silvia Fauchon, Paul Hunter, Danny Jones, Sarah K. Ondo, Ian Cabrejos, Piedad Pareja Pastorino, Silvia Pironon, Samuel Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma Sibeso, Mulele Singh, Samrat Remans, Roseline agrobiodiversity sustainability healthy diets literature reviews school feeding school gardening The global shift away from healthy, diverse, and sustainable diets threatens children's health and futures. Although school gardens and home-grown school feeding can reconnect children with nutritious, sustainably produced food, these interventions are often implemented separately and with little attention to agrobiodiversity, which is a cornerstone for sustainability and healthy diets. Via a scoping review of 124 articles from 35 countries, we identified wide-ranging and complementary benefits of these interventions beyond health and education. The benchmark of the species used in these interventions against cultivated, predicted, and listed edible plants shows that agrobiodiversity is underused. Despite fragmented and incomplete evidence, our research shows that these interventions can jointly drive profound transformation. Realising this potential demands systemic shifts toward holistic, rights-based approaches that overcome surmountable barriers and build objective, sustainable, and resilient food systems delivering planet-friendly school meals. 2025-11-01 2026-01-09T14:35:53Z 2026-01-09T14:35:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179603 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier BV Estrada-Carmona, N.; van Houtert, M.M.; Araujo De Lima, S.; Fauchon, P.; Hunter, D.; Jones, S.K.; Ondo, I.; Cabrejos, P.P.; Pastorino, S.; Pironon, S.; Shijagurumayum, M.S.; Sibeso, M.; Singh, S.; Remans, R. (2025) Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review. The Lancet Planetary Health 9(11): 101374. ISSN: 2542-5196
spellingShingle agrobiodiversity
sustainability
healthy diets
literature reviews
school feeding
school gardening
Estrada-Carmona, Natalia
van Houtert, Maaike MA
Araujo De Lima, Silvia
Fauchon, Paul
Hunter, Danny
Jones, Sarah K.
Ondo, Ian
Cabrejos, Piedad Pareja
Pastorino, Silvia
Pironon, Samuel
Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma
Sibeso, Mulele
Singh, Samrat
Remans, Roseline
Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review
title Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review
title_full Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review
title_fullStr Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review
title_full_unstemmed Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review
title_short Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet-friendly school meals for children: a scoping review
title_sort mainstreaming agrobiodiversity in planet friendly school meals for children a scoping review
topic agrobiodiversity
sustainability
healthy diets
literature reviews
school feeding
school gardening
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179603
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