Agrobiodiversity and Sustainable Food Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Plant diversity is essential for healthy diets and sustainable food production. Crop diversity is maintained in seed banks where the Global Seed Vault at Svalbard houses a backup of world’s plant genetic resources. Production, on the other hand, tends to focus on limited numbers of crops and with a limited genetic background. With the ongoing climate change, we see many challenges in sustaining the food security. In this Special Issue, we welcome philosophical, theoretical, and practical review and research papers on different approaches of diversification and sustainability in our food systems. This can be on overviewing genetic resources, farmers’ access to plant diversity, or constraints in production, marketing, and trade. We welcome contributions on under-utilized crops, food trees/agroforestry, traditional vegetables, and indigenous knowledge related to the production and use of plants.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svein Øivind Solberg
Guest Editor

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