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Diversifying food and diets : using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition and health / / edited by Jessica Fanzo. [et al.]
| Diversifying food and diets : using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition and health / / edited by Jessica Fanzo. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon [England] : , : Earthscan from Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FanzoJessica |
| Collana | Issues in agricultural biodiversity |
| Soggetto topico |
Agrobiodiversity
Nutrition - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN |
1-136-46145-0
1-84971-457-6 0-203-12726-9 1-136-46146-9 |
| Classificazione | MED060000SOC055000TEC003030 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779740603321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon [England] : , : Earthscan from Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Diversifying food and diets : using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition and health / / edited by Jessica Fanzo. [et al.]
| Diversifying food and diets : using agricultural biodiversity to improve nutrition and health / / edited by Jessica Fanzo. [et al.] |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon [England] : , : Earthscan from Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FanzoJessica |
| Collana | Issues in agricultural biodiversity |
| Soggetto topico |
Agrobiodiversity
Nutrition - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN |
1-136-46145-0
1-84971-457-6 0-203-12726-9 1-136-46146-9 |
| Classificazione | MED060000SOC055000TEC003030 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824774703321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon [England] : , : Earthscan from Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||