This comprehensive book demonstrates the multidimensional benefits of Neglected and Underutilized species (NUS) and their potential contribution to achieving Zero Hunger; identifies promising NUS that are nutrition-dense, climate-resilient, economically-viable and locally available or adaptable as FSF; highlights the challenges and opportunities for harnessing these less-mainstream food crops encounters; and provides strategic recommendations to create an enabling environment for the promotion, production, marketing and consumption of Future Smart Food, assuring healthy diets for the future.
This comprehensive publication is the first of its kind that focuses on the multidimensional status, challenges, opportunities and solutions of sustainable mountain agriculture development for Zero Hunger in Asia. It presents international research on all four dimensions of food security for transformation of food systems to be nutrition-sensitive, climate-resilient, economically-viable and locally adaptable. From this food system perspective, the priority should be given to focus on specialty mountain product identification (e.g. Future Smart Food), production, processing, marketing and consumption, which would effectively expose the potential of mountain agriculture to contribute to Zero Hunger and poverty reduction. Eight Asian country case studies identify context-specific challenges within biophysical-technical, policy, socio-economic and institutional dimensions, and demonstrate their experience in mountain agricultural product prioritization, production, processing and market development.
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