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The lost opportunity from insufficient pollinators for global food supplies and human health

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Title The lost opportunity from insufficient pollinators for global food supplies and human health
 
Creator Smith, Matthew R.
Mueller, Nathaniel D.
Springmann, Marco
Sulser, Timothy B.
Garibaldi, Lucas A.
Gerber, James
Wiebe, Keith D.
Myers, Samuel S.
 
Subject pollination
agricultural production
food
fruits
vegetables
nuts
legumes
nutrients
diseases
insects
health
crop yields
consumption
crop production
impact model
resource management
prices
nutrition
malnutrition
food supply
trade
food security
climate change
 
Description Animal pollination supports agricultural production for many healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, which provide key nutrients and protect against non-communicable diseases. Today, most crops receive suboptimal pollination because of reduced abundance and diversity of pollinating insects. We modelled the effects on current global human health from insufficient pollination by quantifying the pollinator-related crop yield gap and lost consumption of pollination-dependent foods by country and region, after accounting for global trade, economic behaviours, and food waste. We also estimated the lost economic value of crop production for the following three diverse case-study countries: Honduras, Nepal, and Nigeria.
 
Date 2022-10-31
2023-01-16T15:21:20Z
2023-01-16T15:21:20Z
 
Type Abstract
 
Identifier Smith, Matthew R.; Mueller, Nathaniel D.; Springmann, Marco; Sulser, Timothy; Garibaldi, Lucas A.; Gerber, James; Wiebe, Keith D.; Myers, Samuel S. 2022. The lost opportunity from insufficient pollinators for global food supplies and human health. Lancet Planetary Health 6(1): S3. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00265-0
2542-5196
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127225
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00265-0
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format S3
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Lancet Planetary Health