What have (food) revolutions ever done for us?
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What have (food) revolutions ever done for us?
1. Neolithic Revolution2. Columbian Exchange
(Yes, that’s a revolution too!)
3. Green Revolution4. Supermarket Revolution
5. Nutrition Revolution6. Gene Revolution
Why?
• Cannot domesticate everything– Domestication bottleneck
• Big money for big crops– Stigma of poor people’s crops
• Reductionist mentality – medicinal approach to food– Molecular gastronomy
What to do?
Diversity Reaction
IN
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COSTS
COMPL
EXITY
TOWARDS P
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CULTURAL R
ELEV
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RESILI
ENCE
SUST
AINABILI
TY
Suppl
e-ment
sNutrient Dense/Therapeutic
Fortification Staple Foods Oils
Biofortification of Staple Foods
Food, diet diversity and quality based solutions
Ecos
yste
m Se
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Cons
erva
tion
Beha
viors
Lifes
tyle
Know
ledge
Lear
ning A
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From pills to diverse diets
Nutrition Reaction
Cavendish Common Variety
<5 µg/100g pro-Vit A carotenoid
<8500 µg/100g pro-Vit A carotenoid
South Pacific banana varieties
Source: Burlingame, FAO (2013) and Bioversity International
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