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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Danny Hunter is Senior Scientist at Bioversity International and the Global Project Coordinator for the BFN Project.
Teresa Borelli is a Programme Specialist at Bioversity International, providing research and communication support to the BFN Project.
Eliot Gee is a Research Fellow at Bioversity International, providing research and communication support to the BFN Project.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Danny Borelli Hunter
• Assisted by: Teresa Borelli (Editor), Borelli Teresa (Editor), Eliot Gee (Editor), Danny Hunter (Editor), Hunter Danny (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2020
• EAN: 9780367141516
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14151-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); NATURE / Natural Resources, Sociology, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Dietetics & nutrition, Politics & government, Biodiversity, Food & society, environmental science, engineering & technology, Biology, life sciences, Dietetics and nutrition, Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agricultural science, Development Studies, Medical Sociology, Agriculture & Related Industries