{"id":88390,"date":"2022-12-19T10:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/?post_type=article_revue&p=88390"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T13:31:20","slug":"fruit-and-vegetables-biodiversity-for-nutritionally-diverse-diets-the-need-of-a-one-health-approach-to-address-challenges-and-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"article_revue","link":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/en\/global-fv-newsletter-article\/fruit-and-vegetables-biodiversity-for-nutritionally-diverse-diets-the-need-of-a-one-health-approach-to-address-challenges-and-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and vegetables biodiversity for nutritionally diverse diets: The need of a One Health approach to address challenges and opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Jody Harris <\/strong>\n World Vegetable Center, Thailand<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n Maarten van Zonneveld<\/strong>\n World Vegetable Center, Taiwan <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Human health issues as well as those of the state of the natural systems on which we depend are intrinsically linked. Planetary health therefore brings together both issues (Dangour, 2017<\/a>). Within this framework, it has long been understood that nutrition and biodiversity (see definition below) are connected (Johns, 2006<\/a>). Indeed, fruit and vegetables are key components of diets providing essential nutrients, phytonutrients, and fibre for health (FAO<\/span>, 2021<\/a>). They are also important parts of agrobiodiversity (see definition below) with more than 1,000 vegetable species being recognized worldwide (Meldrum, 2018<\/a>). Over millennia, the biodiversity of fruit and vegetables have been shaped by human activities according to our dietary preferences, which have co-evolved with the availability of different fruits and vegetables in different agroecological settings. The use and preservation of this biocultural heritage in contemporary food systems depends on a wide range of social, cultural, political, environmental, and economic factors.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This evidence-based literature review (Harris, 2022<\/a>) presents how the biodiversity of fruit and vegetables supports dietary diversity for current human populations, and how it can be preserved and enhanced for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n