Diversifying food and diets : using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition and health / / edited by Jessica Fanzo. [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon [England] : , : Earthscan from Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.95
• Soggetto topico: Agrobiodiversity; Nutrition - Environmental aspects
• Classificazione: MED060000SOC055000TEC003030
• Altri autori: FanzoJessica
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Title Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of contributors; Foreword by Olivier De Schutter; Foreword by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction: agricultural biodiversity, diverse diets and improving nutrition; Part I: The state of agricultural biodiversity and nutrition: overviews, models and themes; 1 Harnessing biodiversity: from diets to landscapes ; 2 Overview of agricultural biodiversity and its contribution to nutrition and health3 The role of livestock and livestock diversity in sustainable diets; 4 Valuing aquatic biodiversity in agricultural landscapes; Part II: Creating an enabling environment; 5 Lessons from sub-Saharan Africa: delivery mechanisms for mobilizing agricultural biodiversity for improved food and nutrition security; 6 Sustained and integrated promotion of local, traditional food systems for nutrition security; 7 Linking biodiversity and nutrition: research methodologies ; 8 Successes and pitfalls of linking nutritionally promising Andean crops to markets9 Biodiversity's contribution to dietary diversity: magnitude, meaning and measurement; 10 Opening a can of mopane worms: can cross-sectoral partnerships leverage agricultural biodiversity for better quality diets?; Part III: Case studies: agricultural biodiversity and food-based approaches to improving nutrition; Case study 1 - Traditional foods of the Pacific: Go Local, a case study in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ; Case study 2 - The role of integrated home gardens and local, neglected and underutilized plant species in food security in Nepal and meeting the Millennium Development Goal 1 (MDG)Case study 3 - Diversity of indigenous fruit trees and their contribution to nutrition and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa: examples from kenya and Cameroon; Case study 4 - Fish diversity and fish consumption in Bangladesh; Case study 5 - The introduction of orange-fleshed sweet potato in Mozambican diets: a marginal change to make a major difference ; Case study 6 - Diversifying diets: using indigenous vegetables to improve profitability, nutrition and health in AfricaCase study 7 - Diversifying diets: using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition and health in Asia; Case study 8 - Minor millets in India: a neglected crop goes mainstream; Case study 9 - Local food and dietary diversity: farmers markets and community gardens in Melbourne, Australia; Case study 10 - 'Please pick me': how Incredible Edible Todmorden is repurposing the commons for open source food and agricultural biodiversity ; Case study 11 - Cultivating health with leafy vegetables in coastal Tanzania
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book aims to explore what the current state of knowledge is on the role of agricultural biodiversity in improving nutrition and food security. The book will examine and challenge some of the prevailing myths and assumptions to improving nutrition through agriculture mechanisms so as to identify the key research and implementation gaps"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Diversifying food and diets
• ISBN: 1-136-46145-0; 1-84971-457-6; 0-203-12726-9; 1-136-46146-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779740603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity