Relearning Old Lessons for the Future of Food—By Bread Alone No Longer: Diversifying Diets with Fruit and Vegetables

Diversifying diets and agricultural enterprises with fruit and vegetables is a potent weapon in the current global battle against malnutrition and poverty. Agricultural science can contribute substantially to enhance the development prospects and health of not only disadvantaged and vulnerable indiv...

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Published inCrop science Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. S51 - S62
Main Authors Keatinge, John D.H, Waliyar, Farid, Jamnadas, Ramni H, Moustafa, Ahmed, Andrade, Maria, Drechsel, Pay, Hughes, Jacqueline d'A, Kadirvel, Palchamy, Luther, Kartini
Format Journal Article Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Madison Crop Science Society of America 01.03.2010
American Society of Agronomy
Subjects
agricultural economics
agricultural research
Agricultural sciences
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biological and medical sciences
Carbohydrates
Chronic illnesses
climate change
Crop diversification
Crop production
crop yield
Developing countries
Diet
Dietary supplements
Diversification
economic development
Efficient markets
Food
food security
fruit crops
Fruits
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Industrialized nations
LDCs
literature reviews
Malnutrition
new crops
Nutrition research
Poverty
Quality
R&D
Research & development
research and development
vegetable crops
Vegetables
Vegetables
Fruit
Diet
Diversification
Bread
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Summary:Diversifying diets and agricultural enterprises with fruit and vegetables is a potent weapon in the current global battle against malnutrition and poverty. Agricultural science can contribute substantially to enhance the development prospects and health of not only disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals at one end of the spectrum but also the growth and equity of national economies at the other. Moreover, with relatively simple applied research, new crop species and technologies can rapidly enter the development pathway to benefit even the poorest people or nations. More upstream research can help to guard fruit and vegetable production against the vagaries of potential climatic uncertainty, which is projected to become more prominent over future decades. However, historical and continuing widespread underinvestment in fruit and vegetable research and development from the national to the global level may severely compromise the world's ability to use such high-value species for crop diversification and as a major engine of development growth to ensure global food and nutritional security.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0528
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ISSN:0011-183X
1435-0653
DOI:10.2135/cropsci2009.09.0528