Closing Research Investment Gaps for a Global Food Transformation

Recent calls for a global food transformation have centered on simultaneously improving human and environmental health, recognizing that food and nutrient diversity have declined over time while food systems have exacted a heavy climate and ecological toll. Grain legumes and coarse grain crops provi...

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Autores principales:	Alex Bollington, Marcia DeLonge, Dhara Mungra, Matthew Hayek, Mustafa Saifuddin, Sonali Shukla McDermid
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	investment research orphan crops commodities legumes coarse grains Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a695b0c4bb2d4c149c8a9d46621112162021-12-02T16:42:38ZClosing Research Investment Gaps for a Global Food Transformation2571-581X10.3389/fsufs.2021.794594https://doaj.org/article/a695b0c4bb2d4c149c8a9d46621112162021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.794594/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2571-581XRecent calls for a global food transformation have centered on simultaneously improving human and environmental health, recognizing that food and nutrient diversity have declined over time while food systems have exacted a heavy climate and ecological toll. Grain legumes and coarse grain crops provide important human nutrition and environmental benefits, but the production and consumption of many of these crops remains relatively low compared to major commodities, such as maize, wheat, rice, and soy. Outstanding hurdles to scaling up these “minor commodity” crops include (among other things) their relatively lower yields, and lower farmer adoption, based partly on actual or perceived profitability and marketability. We hypothesize that these limitations are attributable in part to unequal funding for these crops' research and development (R&D) both on a national and global scale. In the United States, we show that investment patterns for a snapshot of USDA-funded research grants from 2008 to 2019 consistently favor major commodity crops, which received 3 to 4.5 times more funding and 3 to 5 times as many grants than the minor commodity crop groups. This current USDA funding allocation poses a barrier to food system transformations. Achieving nutritious diets for planetary health requires more public agricultural investment toward minor commodity crops and increased collaboration between public health, nutrition, agriculture, and environmental sectors.Alex BollingtonMarcia DeLongeDhara MungraMatthew HayekMustafa SaifuddinSonali Shukla McDermidFrontiers Media S.A.articleinvestmentresearchorphan cropscommoditieslegumescoarse grainsNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Food processing and manufactureTP368-456ENFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 5 (2021)
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topic	investment research orphan crops commodities legumes coarse grains Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456
spellingShingle	investment research orphan crops commodities legumes coarse grains Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Alex Bollington Marcia DeLonge Dhara Mungra Matthew Hayek Mustafa Saifuddin Sonali Shukla McDermid Closing Research Investment Gaps for a Global Food Transformation
description	Recent calls for a global food transformation have centered on simultaneously improving human and environmental health, recognizing that food and nutrient diversity have declined over time while food systems have exacted a heavy climate and ecological toll. Grain legumes and coarse grain crops provide important human nutrition and environmental benefits, but the production and consumption of many of these crops remains relatively low compared to major commodities, such as maize, wheat, rice, and soy. Outstanding hurdles to scaling up these “minor commodity” crops include (among other things) their relatively lower yields, and lower farmer adoption, based partly on actual or perceived profitability and marketability. We hypothesize that these limitations are attributable in part to unequal funding for these crops' research and development (R&D) both on a national and global scale. In the United States, we show that investment patterns for a snapshot of USDA-funded research grants from 2008 to 2019 consistently favor major commodity crops, which received 3 to 4.5 times more funding and 3 to 5 times as many grants than the minor commodity crop groups. This current USDA funding allocation poses a barrier to food system transformations. Achieving nutritious diets for planetary health requires more public agricultural investment toward minor commodity crops and increased collaboration between public health, nutrition, agriculture, and environmental sectors.
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author	Alex Bollington Marcia DeLonge Dhara Mungra Matthew Hayek Mustafa Saifuddin Sonali Shukla McDermid
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Closing Research Investment Gaps for a Global Food Transformation

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