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Diversifying Food Systems in the Pursuit of Sustainable Food Production and Healthy Diets

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.011
10.1016/j.tplants.2017.06.011
 
Title Diversifying Food Systems in the Pursuit of Sustainable Food Production and Healthy Diets
 
Creator Dwivedi, S L
Lammerts van Bueren, E T
Ceccarelli, S
Grando, S
Upadhyaya, H D
Ortiz, R
 
Subject Food Production
Plant Breeding
Food and Nutrition
Food Security
 
Description Increasing demand for nutritious, safe, and healthy food because of a growing population, and the pledge to maintain biodiversity and other resources, pose a major challenge to agriculture that is already threatened by a changing climate. Diverse and healthy diets, largely based on plant-derived food, may reduce diet-related illnesses. Investments in plant sciences will be necessary to design diverse cropping systems balancing productivity, sustainability, and nutritional quality. Cultivar diversity and nutritional quality are crucial. We call for better cooperation between food and medical scientists, food sector industries, breeders, and farmers to develop diversified and nutritious cultivars that reduce soil degradation and dependence on external inputs, such as fertilizers and pesticides, and to increase adaptation to climate change and resistance to emerging pests.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2017-10
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10106/1/Diversifying.pdf
Dwivedi, S L and Lammerts van Bueren, E T and Ceccarelli, S and Grando, S and Upadhyaya, H D and Ortiz, R (2017) Diversifying Food Systems in the Pursuit of Sustainable Food Production and Healthy Diets. Trends in Plant Science, 22 (10). pp. 842-856. ISSN 13601385