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To protect our food system from catastrophes
- To protect our food system from catastrophes, it is crucial that we diversify the spectrum of species grown and eaten. There are over 7,000 edible plant species but fewer than 200 have been extensively domesticated, meaning we are reliant on an extremely narrow range of genetically diverse crops.
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Diversified farming systems are a set of methods and tools developed to produce food sustainably by leveraging ecological diversity at plot, field, and landscape scales. Around the world, DFS depend on diverse cultures, practices, and governance structures to support these locally-adapted management systems.
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Apr 23, 2024 · A new study in Science points to evidence that diversification practices maintain soil health and on-farm biodiversity while also increasing crop yields, food security, and human wellbeing.
Apr 5, 2024 · A new global study finds that the benefits of diversified agriculture are abundantly clear, whether for food security, biodiversity or the bottom line. The Gist Agricultural diversification—those that intentionally diversify crop and noncrop, and livestock species—is often presented as being good for biodiversity.
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Nov 9, 2021 · Diversification of food production, particularly of crops and cropping systems, has received increasing attention in recent years 2 as a means of building resilience to climate change and...
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Nov 29, 2023 · It has been argued that agricultural intensification can increase food production thereby limiting the need to increase agricultural area. At the same time, agricultural intensification might...
Oct 1, 2017 · Production systems based on the use of heterogeneous cultivars contribute to the diversity of diets and hence to improved human health and wellbeing. Because food is a complex matrix, we suggest a holistic approach to capture the complexity of nutrition in relation to human health.
Dec 5, 2018 · 1. Reduce food loss and waste. Approximately one-quarter of food produced for human consumption goes uneaten. Loss and waste occurs all along the food chain, from field to fork. Reducing food loss and waste by 25 percent by 2050 would close the food gap by 12 percent, the land gap by 27 percent and the GHG mitigation gap by 15 percent.
