@article{e72295c776804aac9493242f3edce51a,
title = "Urbanization and agrobiodiversity: Leveraging a key nexus for sustainable development",
abstract = "Expanding urbanization affects food biodiversity and broader agrobiodiversity, which are essential nutrition and ecosystem resources for sustainable development but are threatened globally. The increasingly influential nexus of urbanization-agrobiodiversity interactions has not been systematically researched. Here we design an interdisciplinary perspective to identify and understand the bidirectional interactions of agrobiodiversity in four major linkages: urban and peri-urban land use, urban food supply chains, urban food access, and urban food retailing. Agrobiodiversity is evident to varying degrees amid urbanization globally, rather than the previously assumed blanket incompatibility or unspecified partial compatibility. A proposed conceptual framework is used to hypothesize how these linkages create configurations of combined conditions that support agrobiodiversity amid expanding urbanization. These key conditions contain leverage points of the urbanization-agrobiodiversity nexus for policies to address nutrition insecurity and vital environmental functions. We conclude that the urbanization-agrobiodiversity nexus is a crucial new focus of interdisciplinary research to strengthen sustainable development and food systems.",
author = "Zimmerer, {Karl S.} and Duvall, {Chris S.} and Jaenicke, {Edward C.} and Minaker, {Leia M.} and Thomas Reardon and Seto, {Karen C.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) under funding received from the National Science Foundation (DBI-1639145, 2018-2021). We are grateful for discussions with participants in the SESYNC Pursuit workshop series on “Urbanization and Agrobiodiversity: Linkages of Agrobiodiversity in Urban Systems and Food-Producing Landscapes.” Participants included Christopher Bren d'Amour, Tom{\'a}s Carlo, Christine Chege, Carolynne Hultquist, Peleg Kremer, Nguyen Loc, Kimberly Pfeifer, Kameshwari Pothukuchi, Meredith Reba, and Kibrom Sibhatu. Logistical support of the first author's fieldwork in urban and peri-urban areas of Hanoi, Vietnam, was facilitated by Nguyen Loc of the Fruits and Vegetables Research Institute, Kien Tri Nguyen of the Alliance Bioversity International-CIAT, and Stef de Haan of CIP, with fieldwork travel funds from Pennsylvania State University. Conceptualization, K.S.Z. C.S.D. T.R. and K.C.S.; methodology, K.S.Z. C.S.D. T.R. and K.C.S.; investigation, K.S.Z. C.S.D. E.C.J. L.M.M. T.R. and K.C.S.; writing – original draft, K.S.Z.; writing –review & editing, K.S.Z. C.S.D. E.C.J. L.M.M. T.R. and K.C.S.; funding acquisition, K.S.Z. and K.C.S.; visualization, C.S.D. and K.S.Z.; supervision, K.S.Z. and K.C.S. The authors declare no competing interests. Funding Information: This work was supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) under funding received from the National Science Foundation ( DBI-1639145 , 2018-2021). We are grateful for discussions with participants in the SESYNC Pursuit workshop series on “Urbanization and Agrobiodiversity: Linkages of Agrobiodiversity in Urban Systems and Food-Producing Landscapes.” Participants included Christopher Bren d{\textquoteright}Amour, Tom{\'a}s Carlo, Christine Chege, Carolynne Hultquist, Peleg Kremer, Nguyen Loc, Kimberly Pfeifer, Kameshwari Pothukuchi, Meredith Reba, and Kibrom Sibhatu. Logistical support of the first author's fieldwork in urban and peri-urban areas of Hanoi, Vietnam, was facilitated by Nguyen Loc of the Fruits and Vegetables Research Institute, Kien Tri Nguyen of the Alliance Bioversity International-CIAT, and Stef de Haan of CIP, with fieldwork travel funds from Pennsylvania State University. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1016/j.oneear.2021.10.012",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "4",
pages = "1557--1568",
journal = "One Earth",
issn = "2590-3330",
publisher = "Cell Press",
number = "11",
}
