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Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2: ‘Zero Hunger’—eradicating all forms of hunger and malnutrition—is a major challenge in many developing countries. To be successful, agriculture and food policies need to target both production and consumption. Conventional agri‐food systems in developing cou...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33347726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13008 |
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author | Li, Xuan Siddique, Kadambot H.M. |
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description | Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2: ‘Zero Hunger’—eradicating all forms of hunger and malnutrition—is a major challenge in many developing countries. To be successful, agriculture and food policies need to target both production and consumption. Conventional agri‐food systems in developing countries could become more sustainable through agricultural diversification. In Asia, over‐reliance on a few staple crops is a leading cause of low dietary diversity and persistent malnutrition. Promising neglected and underutilized species (NUS) that are nutrient dense, climate resilient, economically viable, and locally available or adaptable have been prioritized as Future Smart Food (FSF) and have a central role to play in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. An enabling environment for agriculture diversification with a food system approach—to promote sustainable production, processing and consumption of FSF—is essential for achieving Zero Hunger. This article (a) provides the context of hunger and malnutrition and highlights the features and gaps in current agriculture and food systems, (b) demonstrates the multidimensional benefits of FSF as an effective means to bridge production and nutrition gaps to address Zero Hunger and (c) offers a holistic food systems approach that promotes sustainable production, processing and consumption of FSF as a key element for achieving Zero Hunger. |
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spelling | pubmed-77521212020-12-23 Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger Li, Xuan Siddique, Kadambot H.M. Matern Child Nutr Supplement Articles Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2: ‘Zero Hunger’—eradicating all forms of hunger and malnutrition—is a major challenge in many developing countries. To be successful, agriculture and food policies need to target both production and consumption. Conventional agri‐food systems in developing countries could become more sustainable through agricultural diversification. In Asia, over‐reliance on a few staple crops is a leading cause of low dietary diversity and persistent malnutrition. Promising neglected and underutilized species (NUS) that are nutrient dense, climate resilient, economically viable, and locally available or adaptable have been prioritized as Future Smart Food (FSF) and have a central role to play in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. An enabling environment for agriculture diversification with a food system approach—to promote sustainable production, processing and consumption of FSF—is essential for achieving Zero Hunger. This article (a) provides the context of hunger and malnutrition and highlights the features and gaps in current agriculture and food systems, (b) demonstrates the multidimensional benefits of FSF as an effective means to bridge production and nutrition gaps to address Zero Hunger and (c) offers a holistic food systems approach that promotes sustainable production, processing and consumption of FSF as a key element for achieving Zero Hunger. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7752121/ /pubmed/33347726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13008 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Maternal & Child Nutrition published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Supplement Articles Li, Xuan Siddique, Kadambot H.M. Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger |
title | Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger |
title_full | Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger |
title_fullStr | Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger |
title_full_unstemmed | Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger |
title_short | Future Smart Food: Harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for Zero Hunger |
title_sort | future smart food: harnessing the potential of neglected and underutilized species for zero hunger |
topic | Supplement Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33347726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13008 |
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