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ABSTRACT Climate‐resilient food systems require simultaneously addressing climate mitigation, food security, and biodiversity conservation. Yet most policy frameworks treat these interdependent goals as separate challenges, fragmenting action across sectors.
Nikolaos Syndoukas +7 more
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Background Perilla frutescens is a widely cultivated annual crop in East Asia, valued for its oil-rich seeds and edible leaves. The seeds are abundant in functional compounds such as unsaturated fatty acids, polyphenols, and flavonoids, and oil ...
Me-Sun Kim +10 more
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Climate change had caused many threats soil ecosystem, among them, soil salinity. Thus several strategies are suggested to mitigate this issue. In this context, biochar is known as a potent amendment able to alleviate the salt stress on the crops.
Sondes Helaoui +9 more
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ABSTRACT Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, yet it continues to decline due to intensive agriculture, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Although ecolabels are increasingly used to communicate sustainability attributes and influence consumer choices, their role in addressing biodiversity ...
Marzieh Aminravan +4 more
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Guided by the Agrobiodiversity Index, nearly half of 350 keystone food and agricultural companies provide evidence that they are contributing towards improving soil health and increasing agrobiodiversity [PDF]
The Agrobiodiversity Index was used to guide the Soil and Agrobiodiversity component of the Food and Agriculture Benchmark of the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) and to encourage food and agriculture companies to provide evidence that they are ...
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
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Abstract Background Bread made from refined Triticum aestivum L. flour, a staple food in large parts of the world, is considered a nutrient security risk. Strategies used to enhance the nutritional and functional properties of wheat‐derived food products include the use of semi‐ or wholegrain flour, old genotypes, and enrichment through fortification ...
Ilaria Marotti +3 more
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Ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer), commonly known as Korean or Asian ginseng, is a perennial herb native to Korea and China. There has been limited research effort to analyze the genetic diversity and population structure of ginseng germplasm because of
Kyung Jun Lee +4 more
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Sorghum landraces are essential for developing cultivars with improved properties, such as disease tolerance, yield and metabolite content. In this study, 139 genotypes (136 Korean sorghum landraces and 3 control cultivars) collected from various ...
Sukyeung Lee +7 more
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Agrobiodiversity and a sustainable food future
The biodiversity of food plants is vital for humanity's capacity to meet sustainability challenges. This goal requires the rigorous integration of plant, environmental, social and health sciences. It is coalescing around four thematic cornerstones that are both interdisciplinary and policy relevant.
Zimmerer, Karl S., Haan, Stef de
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Reconsidering how to dry orthodox seeds for improved ex situ conservation outcomes
Ex situ seed conservation is an essential tool in our efforts to conserve wild and cultivated plant diversity, as mentioned in the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and the Sustainable Development Goals. While there are established standards which seed banks follow, it is important that we continue to evaluate protocols and optimize processes ...
Fiona R. Hay +7 more
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