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Improving healthy diets in a changing climate : (Record no. 68639)

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control field 68639
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control field MX-TxCIM
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control field 20250217130457.0
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Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name van Zonneveld, M.
9 (RLIN) 38284
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Improving healthy diets in a changing climate :
Remainder of title Policies for mainstreaming the inclusion of neglected ‘opportunity crops’ in seed systems
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. [Place of publication not identified] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. VACS,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [2024].
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 26 pages
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Open Access
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Food insecurity and malnutrition undermine human health, livelihoods, and aspirations. In 2023, 2.8 billion people, more than a third of the world’s population, could not afford a healthy diet, while 733 million were chronically undernourished (FAO et al., 2024). In addition, diet-related health costs could surpass US$1.3 trillion per year by 2030 (FAO et al., 2020). Climate change further exacerbates the problem of achieving zero hunger. Promoting the production of a wide range of fruits, vegetables, roots and tubers, nuts, oil crops, pulses, and grains enables a nutritious food supply for healthy diets with crops from different food groups that complement each other in nutritional content. Many of these are called ‘neglected,’ ‘underutilized,’ or ‘orphan’ crops and are adapted to harsh environmental conditions. Many are rich in micronutrients, produce in off-seasons, and are strongly connected to local customs and traditions (van Zonneveld et al., 2023). Supporting healthy diets in a changing climate has led these to be called ‘opportunity crops’ because while neglected in agricultural research and development, and suffering from underinvestment, they have a huge unrealized potential to improve food and nutrition security in the context of climate change (Fredenberg et al., 2024). Unfortunately, limited access to quality seed for these crops is a major bottleneck to more widespread production, as the existing policy environment does not currently support farmers to broaden their crop portfolio (McMullin et al., 2021). This paper identifies four major conditions that need to be met to scale farmer access to quality seed of opportunity crops. These are to (i) include the diversity of opportunity crops in policy strategies, (ii) make it available for selection and breeding, (iii) use it in breeding and agricultural extension, and (iv) make it accessible to farmers, especially women and other disadvantaged groups. To meet these conditions, eight policy actions are proposed with a high chance of short-term impacts, plus a multiplier effect for longer-term investment in developing more nutritious crop varieties in a changing climate. Adopting any or all of these policy actions would contribute to a more enabling policy environment for scaling the supply and delivery of quality seed of opportunity crops to farmers worldwide. Page 3 of 26 The eight proposed policy actions in this paper are as follows. 1. Prioritize and incorporate opportunity crops in national and regional strategies and policies. 2. Establish a global task force to support governments in priority setting and targeting investments in opportunity crops. 3. Encourage countries to use the Multilateral System of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture to share genetic resources of opportunity crops. 4. Develop and implement regional roadmaps to rescue, conserve, and use the genetic resources of opportunity crops. 5. Strengthen capacity for breeding and sed production of opportunity crops. 6. Develop innovation networks to expand agricultural extension services for opportunity crops. 7. Increase the rate of registration and release of opportunity crop varieties. 8. Enhance seed delivery of opportunity crops to farmers, especially women and other disadvantaged groups. As described in this paper, these eight policy actions recognize the value and role of the wide range of people and public, private, and societal organizations involved in the maintenance, development, and deployment of quality seed. Implementing these policy actions will help mainstream opportunity crops in seed systems as part of a broader strategy to diversify our food systems from seed to plate.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Text in English
591 ## - CATALOGING NOTES
Affiliation Sperling, L.J. : No CIMMYT Affiliation
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Therapeutic diets
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 38285
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate change
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1045
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Crops
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1069
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Seed systems
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 19811
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nutrition
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 4292
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Seed quality
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 6102
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Breeding
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1029
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Policies
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 4809
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Castañeda-Álvarez, N.P.
9 (RLIN) 38286
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Achigan-Dako, E.G.
9 (RLIN) 34143
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Almekinders, C.
9 (RLIN) 3844
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name de Haan, S.
9 (RLIN) 38287
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hugo, W.
9 (RLIN) 38288
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Otieno, G.
9 (RLIN) 38289
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ortiz, R.
9 (RLIN) 5322
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Raneri, J.
9 (RLIN) 4359
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Roa, C.
9 (RLIN) 38290
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sperling, L.J.
Field link and sequence number 001713651
Miscellaneous information Sustainable Agrifood Systems
9 (RLIN) 20106
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Spielman, D.J.
9 (RLIN) 318
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Von Wettberg, E.
9 (RLIN) 10342
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Link text Access only for CIMMYT Staff
Uniform Resource Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/4643
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02/14/2025   02/14/2025 Brochures Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     Reprints Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 02/14/2025

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