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Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawai'i during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting domestic and global food supply chains resulting in reduced access to healthy diverse diets. Hawai'i has been described as a model social-ecological system and it has been suggested that indigenous agro-ecosystems have the potential to be highly productive and resilient under changing land-use and climate change disturbance. However, little research has yet been conducted exploring the disruption and resilience of agro-ecosystems in Hawai'i caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis; Moraceae) is a signature, multi-purpose-tree of the complex perennial agro-ecosystems systems in Oceania.

Methods

This case study explores the ways in which the breadfruit agro-ecosystems of Hawai'i have shown resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

Our study suggests that breadfruit has increased its value as a subsistence crop during the COVID-19 pandemic, even in a developed economy like Hawai'i, and that resilience of Hawaiian breadfruit agroe-cosystems during a crisis can be supported through cooperatives and food-hubs.

Supplementary information

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43170-022-00125-3.

SUBMITTER: Berning EH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9440858 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawai'i during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Berning E H EH Andersen C V H CVH Mertz O O Dickinson N N Opgenorth M M Lincoln N K NK Rashford J H JH Rønsted N N

CABI agriculture and bioscience 20220904 1

<h4>Background</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting domestic and global food supply chains resulting in reduced access to healthy diverse diets. Hawai'i has been described as a model social-ecological system and it has been suggested that indigenous agro-ecosystems have the potential to be highly productive and resilient under changing land-use and climate change disturbance. However, little research has yet been conducted exploring the disruption and resilience of agro-ecosystems in Hawai' ...[more]

PMID: 36091468

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Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawai'i during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

Methods

Results

Supplementary information

Publications

Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawai'i during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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