{"id":9235,"date":"2021-09-29T16:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T22:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/45.77.187.143\/?page_id=9235"},"modified":"2024-11-06T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T20:35:47","slug":"agrobiodiversidad-y-seguridad-alimentaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/agrobiodiversidad-y-seguridad-alimentaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Agrobiodiversity and Food Security"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Food security is one of the main challenges of this century at a global level. By 2050, the world will require increased food production to meet the needs of a population approaching nine billion people and this must be achieved even in the face of the challenges of new consumption patterns, the impact of climate change and the limitations of access to water and soil resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nutritional food security is a state in which all people enjoy, in a timely and permanent manner, physical, economic, and social access to the food they need, in quantity and quality, for its adequate consumption and biological use, guaranteeing them a state of general well-being that contributes to the achievement of its development (FAO-PESA, 2011).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Food crises are increasingly acute and complex and will require innovative strategies to prevent and address them. Food systems require major adjustments that consider the sustainable use and conservation of natural resources, as well as supporting the livelihoods of small and medium-scale producers around the world.<\/span><\/p>

In Latin America and the Caribbean, more than 47 million people suffer from hunger. This is 7% of the total population of the region (FAO, 2020), which poses an unprecedented challenge in a context of health crisis and climate change, which severely affects the most vulnerable populations, where hunger is intrinsically linked to economic poverty, limited access to water and soil resources, and loss of biodiversity related to agriculture and food.<\/p>

Of the more than 6000 species of plants estimated on the planet, only 30 are used to produce conventional food and three (rice, wheat, corn) provide more than 50% of the food energy we consume (FAO, 2018).<\/p>

Biodiversity associated with agriculture and food (agrobiodiversity) is essential to guarantee a varied and nutritious diet, while generating important ecological and socio-economic benefits linked to adaptation to climate change, conservation of natural resources, carbon sequestration and specially food and nutrition security.<\/p>

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