Societal Impact Statement Biodiversity is essential to food security and nutrition locally and
globally. By reviewing the global state of edible plants and highlighting key neglected and …

Key message Maximizing crop yield while at the same time minimizing crop failure for
sustainable agriculture requires a better understanding of the impacts of plant breeding on …

Agriculture is under pressure to produce greater quantities of food, feed and biofuel on
limited land resources. Current over-reliance on a handful of major staple crops has inherent …

As a populous country, China has always attached importance to the protection of cultivated
land and food security. However, in the process of promoting rural development, agricultural …

Many consequences of climate change undermine the stability of global food systems,
decreasing food security and diet quality, and exposing vulnerable populations to multiple …

The global food system depends on a limited number of plant species. Plants with
unsatisfactory nutritional value are overproduced, whereas the wide variety of nutrient-rich …

Multiple knowledge systems are crucial to understand human-environment interactions of
the biodiversity of agriculture and food systems (agrobiodiversity). This article synthesizes …

Malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and overnutrition, is more
widespread than hunger per se and affects most nations around the globe. The diversity and …

Calls for a global food system transformation and finding more sustainable ways of
producing healthier, safe and nutritious food for all have spurred production approaches …

Food security faces many multifaceted challenges, with effects ranging far beyond the
sectors of agriculture and food science and involving all the multiscale components of …