It has been widely recognised that the threats to human health from global environmental
changes (GECs) are increasing in the Anthropocene epoch, and urgent actions are required …

Almost every ecosystem has been amended so that plants and animals can be used as
food, fibre, fodder, medicines, traps and weapons. Historically, wild plants and animals were …

Undernutrition and micronutrient malnutrition remain problems of significant magnitude in
large parts of the developing world. Improved nutrition requires not only better access to …

Many of the world's food-insecure and undernourished people are smallholder farmers in
developing countries. This is especially true in Africa. There is an urgent need to make …

ObjectiveThe association between farm production diversity and dietary diversity in rural
smallholder households was recently analysed. Most existing studies build on household …

Many smallholder farmers in developing countries grow multiple crop species on their farms,
maintaining de facto crop diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider …

Today's food and farming systems have succeeded in supplying large volumes of foods to
global markets, but are generating negative outcomes on multiple fronts: widespread …

The processes underlying environmental, economic, and social unsustainability derive in
part from the food system. Building sustainable food systems has become a predominating …

Agricultural biodiversity has hitherto been valued almost exclusively as a source of traits that
can be used in scientific breeding programs to improve the productivity of crop varieties and …

We present an extensive literature review exploring the relationships between food
insecurity and rapid biodiversity loss, and the competing methods proposed to address each …