Mainstreaming Underutilized Indigenous and Traditional Crops into Food Systems: A South African Perspective



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DOI: 
10.3390/su11010172
Type: 
Article de journal
Journal: 
Sustainability
Nombre: 
1
Volume: 
11
Auteur: 
Mabhaudhi, T.
Chibarabada T.P.
Chimonyo B.G.P.
Murugani V.G.
Pereira L.M.
Sobratee N.
Govender L.
Slotow, R.
Modi A.T.
Editeur(s): 
Description: 

This paper reviewed the potential of underutilized indigenous and traditional crops to bring about a transformative change to South Africa’s food system. South Africa has a dichotomous food system, characterized by a distinct, dominant agro-industrial, and, alternative, informal food system. This dichotomous food system has inadvertently undermined the development of smallholder producers. While the dominant agro-industrial food system has led to improvements in food supply, it has also resulted in significant trade-offs with agro-biodiversity, dietary diversity, environmental sustainability, and socio-economic stability, especially amongst the rural poor. This challenges South Africa’s ability to deliver on sustainable and healthy food systems under environmental change. The review proposes a transdisciplinary approach to mainstreaming underutilized indigenous and traditional crops into the food system, which offers real opportunities for developing a sustainable and healthy food system, while, at the same time, achieving societal goals such as employment creation, wellbeing, and environmental sustainability

Αnnée de publication: 
2018
Μots-clés: 
agro-ecology
Biodiversity
climate resilience
health