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Food security and the cultural heritage missing link

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Title Food security and the cultural heritage missing link
 
Creator Britwum, Kofi
Demont, Matty
 
Subject Cultural heritage
biodiversity
food security
food systems
economic resilience
rice
 
Description Though enormous strides have been achieved in recent decades towards reducing food insecurity in the Global South, continued efforts are imperative in light of rapidly expanding populations and threats posed by climate change. A relatively unexplored area in this arena is the nexus between cultural heritage and food security. Cultural heritage embodies indigenous culture, values, and traditions inherited from previous generations. We focus on rice and identify five pathways through which cultural heritage affects food security. Although policy makers face the complex task of balancing trade-offs between preserving cultural heritage and productivity, they can harness cultural heritage to enhance food security by supporting (i) preservation of genetic resources, (ii) valorization, (iii) traditional food processing, (iv) preference matching, and (v) agritourism.
 
Date 2022-12
2022-11-15T18:57:25Z
2022-11-15T18:57:25Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Britwum, Kofi and Demont, Matty. 2022. Food security and the cultural heritage missing link. Global Food Security 35: 100660.
2211-9124
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125475
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100660
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Source Global Food Security