Abstract
The diversity of plants, animals and microorganisms that directly or indirectly support food and agriculture is critical to achieving healthy diets and agroecosystems. Here we present the Agrobiodiversity Index (based on 22 indicators), which provides a monitoring framework and informs food systems policy. Agrobiodiversity Index calculations for 80 countries reveal a moderate mean agrobiodiversity status score (56.0 out of 100), a moderate mean agrobiodiversity action score (47.8 out of 100) and a low mean agrobiodiversity commitment score (21.4 out of 100), indicating that much stronger commitments and concrete actions are needed to enhance agrobiodiversity across the food system. Mean agrobiodiversity status scores in consumption and conservation are 14–82% higher in developed countries than in developing countries, while scores in production are consistently low across least developed, developing and developed countries. We also found an absence of globally consistent data for several important components of agrobiodiversity, including varietal, functional and underutilized species diversity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 712-723 |
Journal | Nature Food |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 6 Sept 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
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Agrobiodiversity Index scores for 80+ countries
Jones, S. K. (Creator), Estrada-Carmona, N. (Creator), Stella, J. (Creator), Dulloo, E. (Creator), Laporte, M. (Creator) & Remans, R. (Creator), Bioversity International, 5 Dec 2020
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/skzsqd
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