Lara, Szymon Wojciech, Tsaimi, Amalia, Ryan, Philippa and Cross, Peter (2025) Enhancing food and nutrition security through the reintroduction of forgotten crops into modern food systems: a holistic approach. In: 2nd World Congress of the Global Harmonization Initiative, Connecting Food Security, Safety, Health and Sustainability – Challenges Ahead, 25-27 Jun 2025, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The homogenisation of global food systems has led to significant agrobiodiversity decline worldwide. Nearly 90% of today’s global calorie production originates from just 15 crops and many of the minor-crops and traditional varieties have been lost or have diminished from consumer plates. On the contrary, there are at least 7,039 edible plant species, but only around 417 are considered food crops. Many of these forgotten edibles have great economic, societal, and sensory potential and some could be exploited through various innovative gastronomic solutions for increasing food and nutrition security. Diversification of food value chains with forgotten crops is limited due to many value-chain bottlenecks.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2026
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/14480

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