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Book (stand-alone)Nutrition Indicator for Biodiversity - Food Composition
Progress Report 2012
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Book (stand-alone)FAO/INFOODS Report on the Nutrition Indicators for Biodiversity - Food Composition & Food Consumption
Global Progress Report 2013
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No results found.FAO in collaboration with Bioversity International and the other parties is leading the Cross-Cutting Initiative on Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition, which has been established to measure, investigate and promote biodiversity and nutrition (FAO, 2008, 2010). Nutritional indicators for biodiversity are needed to address the diversity of plants, animals and other organisms used for food, covering the genetic resources within species, between species and provided by ecosystems. Two ind icators have been developed at these levels, addressing composition and consumption of underutilized, wild foods and foods below species level, and represent a simply count of foods that are considered "biodiverse". -
Book (stand-alone)Expert Consultation on Nutrition Indicators for Biodiversity
1-Food composition
2008Biological diversity is the variety of life on Earth, from the simplest micro-organisms to complex ecosystems such as the rainforests of the Amazon. Biodiversity is important for nutrition and health, and can help to combat micronutrient deficiencies and other forms of malnutrition. This can only be done if the composition of foods is known and disseminated so that varieties and breeds with higher nutritional quality can be promoted. The Cross-cutting Initiative on Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition has been established to measure, investigate and promote biodiversity and nutrition. Therefore, nutrition indicators need to be developed to address the three dimensions of biodiversity – ecosystems, the species they contain and the genetic diversity within species. The indicators will measure the food composition and consumption of cultivars, varieties, breeds and subspecies of commonly consumed foods, as well as of underutilized, uncultivated, indigenous pla nt and animal species. The first nutrition indicator for biodiversity is related to food composition. It aims to report on progress regarding food composition for biodiversity and will help us value and preserve our planet’s existing biodiversity within well-managed ecosystems, with their many sources of nutritionally-rich foods.
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