DO YOU LIKE TO EAT? THEN YOU MUST READ these two seminal briefs prepared for the #unfss2021 UN Food Systems Summit by World Vegetable Center researchers and partners. “Fruits and Vegetables for Healthy Diets: Priorities for Food System Research and Action” https://lnkd.in/gqi7d-E -- Summarises evidence underpinning food system actions to make fruits and vegetables more available, accessible and desirable through push (production and supply), pull (demand and activism) and policy (legislation and governance) mechanisms. “Safeguarding and Using Fruit and Vegetable Diversity” https://lnkd.in/gu5eTWh -- Warns that declining biodiversity is rapidly limiting options for a sustainable, healthy food supply. The authors propose an ambitious 10-year rescue plan to protect crop wild relatives and pollinators of fruit and vegetable species, strengthen the existing network of genebanks, and fill global gaps in germplasm collection. #AIRCA Wageningen University & Research #WorldAgroforestry CABI USDA Bioversity International #CropsfortheFuture CIAT ICIMOD #CropTrust #foodsecurity #agriculture #farmers #diversity #vegetables #fruits #iyfv2021
