Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops
Current food production and consumption practices have had negative impacts on the environment and are central to global health concerns. Using a mixed-methods review, we examined the nutritional and environmental impacts of our global food systems and addressed the apparent decrease in food sources...
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| author | Mustafa, Maysoun A. Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe Massawe, Festo |
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| description | Current food production and consumption practices have had negative impacts on the environment and are central to global health concerns. Using a mixed-methods review, we examined the nutritional and environmental impacts of our global food systems and addressed the apparent decrease in food sources and crop diversity, and its implication on sustainable and healthy diets. Moreover, we explored the merits of weighing the use of natural capital and agricultural inputs against the output generated in terms of nutrient density. Transforming our food systems to safeguard planetary health will require a shift towards sufficient production of nutrient dense crops that are environmentally sustainable. Such a transformation largely depends on valuing crops for their natural nutrient density and matching them to suitable environments. |
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| spelling | nottingham-641402025-04-21T01:20:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/64140/ Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops Mustafa, Maysoun A. Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe Massawe, Festo Current food production and consumption practices have had negative impacts on the environment and are central to global health concerns. Using a mixed-methods review, we examined the nutritional and environmental impacts of our global food systems and addressed the apparent decrease in food sources and crop diversity, and its implication on sustainable and healthy diets. Moreover, we explored the merits of weighing the use of natural capital and agricultural inputs against the output generated in terms of nutrient density. Transforming our food systems to safeguard planetary health will require a shift towards sufficient production of nutrient dense crops that are environmentally sustainable. Such a transformation largely depends on valuing crops for their natural nutrient density and matching them to suitable environments. Elsevier Ltd 2020-12-16 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/64140/2/Mustafa%20et%20al.%202020b.pdf Mustafa, Maysoun A., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe and Massawe, Festo (2020) Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops. Global Food Security, 28 . p. 100477. ISSN 2211-9124 dietary diversity ; environment health transformative ; nexus approach https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100477 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100477 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100477 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100477 |
| spellingShingle | dietary diversity ; environment health transformative ; nexus approach Mustafa, Maysoun A. Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe Massawe, Festo Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops |
| title | Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops |
| title_full | Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops |
| title_fullStr | Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops |
| title_short | Building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – A case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops |
| title_sort | building a resilient and sustainable food system in a changing world – a case for climate-smart and nutrient dense crops |
| topic | dietary diversity ; environment health transformative ; nexus approach |
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