Promoting traditional foods for human and environmental health: lessons from agroecology and Indigenous communities in Ecuador.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The displacement of traditional dietary practices is associated with negative nutritional consequences for rural Indigenous people, who already face the brunt of both nutritional inadequacies and excesses. Traditional food (TF) consumption and production practices can improve nutritional security by mitigating disruptive dietary transitions, providing nutrients and improving agricultural resilience. Meanwhile, traditional agricultural practices regenerate biodiversity to support healthy ecosystems. In Ecuador, Indigenous people have inserted TF agricultural and dietary practices as central elements of the country's agroecological farming movement. This study assesses factors that may promote TF practices in rural populations and explores the role of agroecology in streng

SUBMITTER: Deaconu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792355 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature