Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets
The stark observation of the co-existence of undernourishment, nutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, the triple burden of malnutrition, is inviting us to reconsider health and nutrition as the primary goal and final endpoint of food systems. Agriculture and the food industry have made re...
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2014
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| author | Allen, T. Prosperi, P. Cogill, Bruce Flichman, G. |
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| description | The stark observation of the co-existence of undernourishment, nutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, the triple burden of malnutrition, is inviting us to reconsider health and nutrition as the primary goal and final endpoint of food systems. Agriculture and the food industry have made remarkable advances in the past decades. However, their development has not entirely fulfilled health and nutritional needs, and moreover, they have generated substantial collateral losses in agricultural biodiversity. Simultaneously, several regions are experiencing unprecedented weather events caused by climate change and habitat depletion, in turn putting at risk global food and nutrition security. This coincidence of food crises with increasing environmental degradation suggests an urgent need for novel analyses and new paradigms. The sustainable diets concept proposes a research and policy agenda that strives towards a sustainable use of human and natural resources for food and nutrition security, highlighting the preeminent role of consumers in defining sustainable options and the importance of biodiversity in nutrition. Food systems act as complex social–ecological systems, involving multiple interactions between human and natural components. Nutritional patterns and environment structure are interconnected in a mutual dynamic of changes. The systemic nature of these interactions calls for multidimensional approaches and integrated assessment and simulation tools to guide change. This paper proposes a review and conceptual modelling framework that articulate the synergies and tradeoffs between dietary diversity, widely recognised as key for healthy diets, and agricultural biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions, crucial resilience factors to climate and global changes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace660382025-11-12T05:39:02Z Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets Allen, T. Prosperi, P. Cogill, Bruce Flichman, G. biodiversity climate climate change diet food industry food security habitats human nutrition sustainability The stark observation of the co-existence of undernourishment, nutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, the triple burden of malnutrition, is inviting us to reconsider health and nutrition as the primary goal and final endpoint of food systems. Agriculture and the food industry have made remarkable advances in the past decades. However, their development has not entirely fulfilled health and nutritional needs, and moreover, they have generated substantial collateral losses in agricultural biodiversity. Simultaneously, several regions are experiencing unprecedented weather events caused by climate change and habitat depletion, in turn putting at risk global food and nutrition security. This coincidence of food crises with increasing environmental degradation suggests an urgent need for novel analyses and new paradigms. The sustainable diets concept proposes a research and policy agenda that strives towards a sustainable use of human and natural resources for food and nutrition security, highlighting the preeminent role of consumers in defining sustainable options and the importance of biodiversity in nutrition. Food systems act as complex social–ecological systems, involving multiple interactions between human and natural components. Nutritional patterns and environment structure are interconnected in a mutual dynamic of changes. The systemic nature of these interactions calls for multidimensional approaches and integrated assessment and simulation tools to guide change. This paper proposes a review and conceptual modelling framework that articulate the synergies and tradeoffs between dietary diversity, widely recognised as key for healthy diets, and agricultural biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions, crucial resilience factors to climate and global changes. 2014-11 2015-05-13T13:59:49Z 2015-05-13T13:59:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66038 en Open Access application/pdf Cambridge University Press Allen, T.; Prosperi, P.; Cogill, B.; Flichman, G. -2014-Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets-Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 73(4)-p. 498-508 |
| spellingShingle | biodiversity climate climate change diet food industry food security habitats human nutrition sustainability Allen, T. Prosperi, P. Cogill, Bruce Flichman, G. Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets |
| title | Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets |
| title_full | Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets |
| title_short | Agricultural biodiversity, social-ecological systems and sustainable diets |
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| topic | biodiversity climate climate change diet food industry food security habitats human nutrition sustainability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66038 |
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