Fruit and vegetable biodiversity for nutritionally diverse diets: Challenges, opportunities, and knowledge gaps

Planetary health brings together intrinsically linked issues of human health and natural systems. This paper reviews evidence of how agrobiodiversity underpins dietary diversity for current human populations in the context of fruits and vegetables, and ways to maintain and improve these for future generations. Both the conservation and sustainable use of fruit and vegetable biodiversity and the consumption of diverse diets are sub-optimal, and in many contexts getting worse. Agrobiodiversity and nutrition are linked through food availability, access, conservation and consumption, with potential win-wins but notable trade-offs for policy and action through time, place, agrobiodiversity use, and equity. We pinpoint research gaps and call for inclusive deliberation for action.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Harris, Jody, Zonnevel, Maarten van, Achigan-Dako, Enoch G., Bajwa, Babar, Brouwer, Inge D., Choudhury, Dhrupad, Jager, Ilse de, Steenhuijsen Piters, Bart de, Dulloo, M. Ehsan, Guarino, Luigi, Kindt, Roeland, Mayes, Sean, McMullin, Stepha, Quintero, Marcela, Schreinemachers, Pepijn
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-06
Subjects:	agrobiodiversity, dietary diversity, fruit crops, vegetable crops, nutrition, plant genetic resources, policies, food systems, agrobiodiversidad, diversidad de la alimentación, frutales, hortalizas (plantas),
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119866 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100618
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