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Climate Change, Food Sovereignty, and Ancestral Farming Technologies in the Andes

Indigenous people are among the populations most vulnerable to climate change. However, indigenous societies' potential contributions to addressing climate change and related issues of food security are vast but poorly recognized. The objective of this report is to inform the nutrition and publ...

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Autores principales: Carrasco-Torrontegui, Amaya, Gallegos-Riofrío, Carlos Andres, Delgado-Espinoza, Florencio, Swanson, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8242217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34222767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa073
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author Carrasco-Torrontegui, Amaya
Gallegos-Riofrío, Carlos Andres
Delgado-Espinoza, Florencio
Swanson, Mark
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description Indigenous people are among the populations most vulnerable to climate change. However, indigenous societies' potential contributions to addressing climate change and related issues of food security are vast but poorly recognized. The objective of this report is to inform the nutrition and public health communities about the potential contributions of ancient Andean technologies to address these contemporary challenges. Our research examines these ancient farming technologies within the frame of climate change and dietary potential. Specifically, we focus on 4 technologies derived from 3 case studies from Ecuador. These technologies were analyzed using evidence mainly of adaptation to climate change in indigenous-based agriculture. Our examination of these technologies suggests they could be effective mechanisms for adapting to climate change and protecting food sovereignty. Thus, although highly vulnerable to climate change, indigenous peoples in the Andes should also be seen as “agents of change.”
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spelling pubmed-82422172021-07-01 Climate Change, Food Sovereignty, and Ancestral Farming Technologies in the Andes Carrasco-Torrontegui, Amaya Gallegos-Riofrío, Carlos Andres Delgado-Espinoza, Florencio Swanson, Mark Curr Dev Nutr Supplement Article Indigenous people are among the populations most vulnerable to climate change. However, indigenous societies' potential contributions to addressing climate change and related issues of food security are vast but poorly recognized. The objective of this report is to inform the nutrition and public health communities about the potential contributions of ancient Andean technologies to address these contemporary challenges. Our research examines these ancient farming technologies within the frame of climate change and dietary potential. Specifically, we focus on 4 technologies derived from 3 case studies from Ecuador. These technologies were analyzed using evidence mainly of adaptation to climate change in indigenous-based agriculture. Our examination of these technologies suggests they could be effective mechanisms for adapting to climate change and protecting food sovereignty. Thus, although highly vulnerable to climate change, indigenous peoples in the Andes should also be seen as “agents of change.” Oxford University Press 2020-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8242217/ /pubmed/34222767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzaa073 Text en Copyright © The Author(s) on behalf of the American Society for Nutrition 2020. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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