Biodiversity, Food and Nutrition: A New Agenda for Sustainable Food Systems

ISBN-13: 9780367141516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 296 str.

Danny Hunter; Teresa Borelli; Eliot Gee

Opis

This book examines the impacts of poor diets and nutrition from current food systems and the potential contribution of biodiversity and ecosystem services in addressing these problems. Built from the Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition (BFN) Project, it reveals key lessons for the development of sustainable and healthy food systems.

Spis treści

Part I: Why biodiversity for food and nutrition?  Chapter 1: Nourishing people, nurturing the environment: biodiversity for food systems transformation and healthier diets  Chapter 2: Challenges and impacts of poor diets and nutrition  Chapter 3: Evidence for the role of biodiversity in supporting healthy, diverse diets and nutrition  Chapter 4: From uniformity to diversity: the potential of agroecology to transform food systems  Part II: The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition (BFN) Project  Chapter 5: The ABC of mainstreaming biodiversity for food and nutrition: concepts, theory and practice  Part III: Future opportunities and directions  Chapter 6: Biodiversity, food systems and urban-rural linkages  Chapter 7: Diversifying public food procurement and school feeding  Chapter 8: Food biodiversity, local sourcing and consumers: gastronomy as a critical interface  Chapter 9: Linking food biodiversity and food traditions to food tourism in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)  Chapter 10: Start me up! Food biodiversity and youth-led innovations  Chapter 11: Neglected no more: reframing the food systems narrative using agricultural biodiversity