The role of vegetable genetic resources in nutrition security and vegetable breeding

AW Ebert - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and overnutrition, is more
widespread than hunger per se and affects most nations around the globe. The diversity and …

Gains and losses of agricultural food production: Implications for the Twenty-First Century

S Komarnytsky, S Retchin, CI Vong… - Annual Review of Food …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The world food supply depends on a diminishing list of plant crops and animal livestock to
not only feed the ever-growing human population but also improve its nutritional state and …

Assessing transitions to sustainable agricultural and food systems: a tool for agroecology performance evaluation (TAPE)

A Mottet, A Bicksler, D Lucantoni, F De Rosa… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There is increasing interest in agroecology as a way to move toward more sustainable
agriculture and food systems. However, the evidence of agroecology's contribution to …

Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations

ID Brouwer, MJ van Liere, A de Brauw… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Food systems that deliver healthy diets without exceeding the planet's resources are
essential to achieve the worlds' ambitious development goals. Healthy diets need to be safe …

[HTML][HTML] Determining appropriate interventions to mainstream nutritious orphan crops into African food systems

S McMullin, B Stadlmayr, K Mausch… - Global Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nutritious 'orphan'crops could (re) diversify African food systems, but appropriate means to
bring this about are required. A review of the literature on crop intervention options …

[HTML][HTML] Crop-livestock integration provides opportunities to mitigate environmental trade-offs in transitioning smallholder agricultural systems of the Greater Mekong …

BK Paul, CA Epper, DJ Tschopp, CTM Long… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract CONTEXT The Greater Mekong Subregion has been undergoing rapid agricultural
transformation over the last decades, as traditional diverse subsistence-oriented agriculture …

[HTML][HTML] Multicriteria assessment of alternative cropping systems at farm level. A case with maize on family farms of South East Asia

J Lairez, D Jourdain, S Lopez-Ridaura, C Syfongxay… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Integration of farms into markets with adoption of maize as a cash crop can
significantly increase income of farms of the developing world. However, in some cases, the …

[HTML][HTML] How to make regenerative practices work on the farm: A modelling framework

L Schreefel, IJM De Boer, CJ Timler, JCJ Groot… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Well-managed agricultural land can provide ecosystem services and contribute
positively to the environment. Many of these services are mediated through the soil and are …

Factors affecting food security among households in Nigeria: the role of crop diversity

IO Amao, AI Ogunniyi, G Mavrotas, AO Omotayo - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Agriculture is central in order to achieve nutrition goals through the provision of food, energy
and essential micronutrients for the physical and mental development of humans. Dietary …

[HTML][HTML] Tailor-made solutions for regenerative agriculture in the Netherlands

L Schreefel, HHE Van Zanten, JCJ Groot, CJ Timler… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Regenerative agriculture is a farming approach that uses soil health as the entry
point to contribute to multiple objectives, such as improved nutrient cycling and climate …