Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape
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This paper examines the literature on how biodiversity contributes to improved and diversified diets in developing countries. We assess the current state of evidence on how wild and cultivated biodiversity in all forms is related to healthy diets and nutrition, and examine how economic factors, knowledge and social norms interact with availability of biodiversity to influence both production and consumption choices. The paper identifies areas where evidence is lacking and ways to build synergies between nutrition-sensitive approaches and efforts to ensure sustainability of food systems and the natural environment.
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Numerous studies have found a positive relationship between diversified farming systems and human nutritional outcomes for smallholder farms.
“Numerous studies have found a positive relationship between diversified farming systems and human nutritional outcomes for smallholder farms (Jones et al., 2014;Powell et al., 2015;Bellon et al., 2016;Demeke et al., 2017).”
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The diversity of species used in agricultural and livelihood systems is essential for human nutrition and sustainable food systems.
“The diversity of species used in agricultural and livelihood systems is essential for human nutrition and sustainable food systems (9).”
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The contribution of wild biodiversity to dietary quality is less clear.
“The contribution of wild biodiversity to the dietary quality is less clear (9).”
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- Authors
- Powell, B., Thilsted, S. H., Ickowitz, A., Termote, C., Sunderland, T., & Herforth, A.
- Affiliations
- Center for International Forestry Research (ID)
- WorldFish (MY)
- Corresponding author
- Powell, Bronwen
- Venue
- Food Security
- Published
- 2015-05-13
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 535-554
- ISSN
- 1876-4517 (ISSN-L)
- 1876-4525
- OpenAlex
- W314366901
- Cited by
- 382
- References
- 179
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 21.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Food Security (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- INFM-OAR (INFN Catania) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- United States Agency for International Development
- Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- biodiversity, dietary diversity, healthy eating, nutrition, wild foods, cultivated crops, sustainable food systems, food availability, social norms, knowledge, developing countries
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