Fruit and vegetable biodiversity for nutritionally diverse diets: Challenges, opportunities, and knowledge gaps

Harris, Jody; van Zonneveld, Maarten; Achigan-Dako, Enoch G.; Bajwa, Babar; Brouwer, Inge D.; Choudhury, Dhrupad; de Jager, Ilse; de Steenhuijsen Piters, Bart; Ehsan Dulloo, M.; Guarino, Luigi; Kindt, Roeland; Mayes, Sean; McMullin, Stepha; Quintero, Marcela; Schreinemachers, Pepijn

Abstract

Planetary health brings together intrinsically linked issues of human health and natural systems. This paper reviews evidence of how agrobiodiversity underpins dietary diversity for current human populations in the context of fruits and vegetables, and ways to maintain and improve these for future generations. Both the conservation and sustainable use of fruit and vegetable biodiversity and the consumption of diverse diets are sub-optimal, and in many contexts getting worse. Agrobiodiversity and nutrition are linked through food availability, access, conservation and consumption, with potential win-wins but notable trade-offs for policy and action through time, place, agrobiodiversity use, and equity. We pinpoint research gaps and call for inclusive deliberation for action.

Citation

Harris, J., van Zonneveld, M., Achigan-Dako, E. G., Bajwa, B., Brouwer, I. D., Choudhury, D., …Schreinemachers, P. (2022). Fruit and vegetable biodiversity for nutritionally diverse diets: Challenges, opportunities, and knowledge gaps. Global Food Security, 33, Article 100618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100618

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 29, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Apr 12, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Deposit Date: Feb 20, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 13, 2023
• Journal: Global Food Security
• Print ISSN: 2211-9124
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Article Number: 100618
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100618
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7340626
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211912422000098