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Biodiversity for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security

Biodiversity for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security. Emile Frison Director General, Bioversity International Biodiversity and Rural Development in ACP Countries. Brussels, 10 March 2010. Hunger is increasing.

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Biodiversity for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security

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  1. Biodiversity for SustainableFood and Nutrition Security Emile Frison Director General, Bioversity International Biodiversity and Rural Development in ACP Countries Brussels, 10 March 2010

  2. Hunger is increasing With the current global economic crisis, the food price crisis of 2007-2008 and climate change, reversing this trend will be a significant challenge

  3. Malnutrition and famine • 1020 million people • hungry • 1100 million people • Overweight • More than 1 person out of 3 is malnourished

  4. Nutrition • Hidden hunger: missing micronutrients • More than 2 billion worldwide • Mostly women and children • Double burden: diseases of “affluence” • Type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, cancers

  5. Promote local agricultural biodiversity for improved diets and health  Also more sustainable Diversity of Diet • Diverse diet protects • Indigenous/traditional species/varieties offer nutritional advantages

  6. Focus on neglected species • Wide range of species, not all cultivated • Indigenous, locally adapted, environmentally friendly, nutritious • Perceived as backward • Abandoned by scientists and ignored by policy makers • Bioversity has slowly promoted and expanded to build a global project

  7. African leafy vegetables

  8. Kenya • Partnered with Family Concern (NGO) and Uchumi Supermarkets • Traditional leafy vegetables • Seed supply and agronomy • Training for cleaner, high-quality produce • Leaflets to educate shoppers • Sales increase 1100% in two years

  9. Other Studies • India: Nutritious “minor” millets • Small mills to reduce drudgery • Local entrepreneurs develop snacks and biscuits with low GI • Bolivia • Andean grains

  10. ClimateChange

  11. 2025 2050 2075 0% Overlap with historical climate 100% Adaptability • Selection and adaptation require diversity • New climates • New varieties – start breeding now • New crops – social factors unknown

  12. Safeguard the diversity we will need tomorrow: crop wild relatives • Use existing data for accessions • Combine with climate change GIS data • Gap analysis to target collection in endangered areas

  13. Intensificationwithout Simplification

  14. perturbation ecosystem property (e.g. production) stability resistance resilience time Resilience and Stability

  15. Many examples • Barley in East Germany • Hay meadows in UK • Prairie productivity in US • Rice blast in China • Hanfetz (barley-wheat) in Eritrea

  16. 5 M Ha of mixed cropping in China

  17. Thank you

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