A diversity of food is vital for our health. Different taste, colours, and textures also makes our food an enjoyable part of our everyday lives. In modern society, we often take this diversity for granted. Whether fruits, veggies our meat, most of these foods were not originally available to us. They came from lands hundreds or even thousand kilometers away.
Virtually all of the foods we eat today– our major crops and most livestock species – have their origins in the tropics and subtropics of Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Scientists have identified at least twelve major geographic “centres of diversity” – regions, or hotspots, that harbor a disproportionately high percentage of all plant, livestock, and cultural diversity.
Our farming ancestors are responsible for the priceless genetic variability that we depend on to breed resistance to new pests and diseases, and to survive climate extremes. Today, all of us depend on crop and livestock diversity that originated elsewhere, but most agricultural biodiversity is still concentrated in the global South where it is increasingly threatened.
The way to safeguard our food supply is by protecting these centres of diversity, as well as using and continuing to adapt the plant and genetic diversity carefully bred and nurtured by farmers.
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A diversity of food is vital for our health. Different taste, colours, and textures also makes our food an enjoyable part of our everyday lives. In modern society, we often take this diversity for granted. Whether fruits, veggies our meat, most of these foods were not originally available to us. They came from lands hundreds or even thousand kilometers away.
Virtually all of the foods we eat today– our major crops and most livestock species – have their origins in the tropics and subtropics of Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Scientists have identified at least twelve major geographic “centres of diversity” – regions, or hotspots, that harbor a disproportionately high percentage of all plant, livestock, and cultural diversity.
Our farming ancestors are responsible for the priceless genetic variability that we depend on to breed resistance to new pests and diseases, and to survive climate extremes. Today, all of us depend on crop and livestock diversity that originated elsewhere, but most agricultural biodiversity is still concentrated in the global South where it is increasingly threatened.
The way to safeguard our food supply is by protecting these centres of diversity, as well as using and continuing to adapt the plant and genetic diversity carefully bred and nurtured by farmers.
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epend on crop and livestock diversity that originated elsewhere, but most agricultural biodiversity is still concentrated in the global South where it is increasingly threatened.
The way to safeguard our food supply is by protecting these centres of diversity, as well as using and continuing to adapt the plant and genetic diversity carefully bred and nurtured by farmers.
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Various foods
Kushari, an Egyptian dish
Food is any substance[1] consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. Food is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth.
Historically, humans secured food through two methods: hunting and gathering and agriculture, which gave modern humans a mainly omnivorous diet. Worldwide, humanity has created numerous cuisines and culinary arts, including a wide array of ingredients, herbs, spices, techniques, and dishes.
Today, the majority of the food energy required by the ever-increasing population of the world is supplied by the food industry. Food safety and food security are monitored by agencies like the International Association for Food Protection, World Resources Institute, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Food Information Council. They address issues such as sustainability, biological diversity, climate change, nutritional economics, population growth, water supply, and access to food.
The right to food is a human right derived from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), recognizing the "right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food", as well as the "fundamental right to be free from hunger".
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Plants are an important source of food for both humans and animals. Grains like rice and wheat, fruits and vegetables, pulses, sugar and spices comes from a variety of plants. They also provide us oils like sunflower, mustard and groundnut oil which is used as a cooking fuel.
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Sources of Food
Plants are an important source of food for both humans and animals. Grains like rice and wheat, fruits and vegetables, pulses, sugar and spices comes from a variety of plants. They also provide us oils like sunflower, mustard and groundnut oil which is used as a cooking fuel.
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Hope this helps
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