"Food resilience in a dark catastrophe: A new way of looking at tropical wild edible plants"
Published in AMBIO A Journal of the Human
Environment.
A journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Published March 15, 2022
10.1007/s13280-022-01715-1.
Authors
Daniel J. Winstead The Pennsylvania State University |
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Michael G. Jacobson The Pennsylvania State University |
Abstract: A global sun-blocking catastrophe is more plausible than anyone would like to think. Models have consistently shown the devastating effects these events could have to the world's agricultural systems for upwards of 15 years. New shade-, drought-, and cool-tolerant crops and more food stockpile sources must be found if there would be any hope of feeding the global population in such a scenario. Wild edible plants (WEPs) are important buffers of food security to indigenous peoples, impoverished peoples, and those in areas with erratic growing seasons across the globe. Here, we suggest WEP species that have the potential to be scaled up through cultivation in post-catastrophe conditions, and the use of foraged food stockpiles to function as stopgap foods until conventional agriculture returns. We also propose policy initiatives for habitat protection, education programs, and general preparedness.
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Link to the "Penn State Today" Newsletter article about Daniel's published research paper:
"How would a nuclear winter impact
food production?
Research focuses on how meeting food security and nutrition in the
face of potential risks is one of humanity's major challenges over
the next decades."
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Keywords: Catastrophe, Food resilience, Nuclear winter, Tolerant crops, Wild edible plants
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