As population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates, especially in relation to the global development agenda beyond 2015.1 A total of 805 million people are undernourished worldwide, even though the trend appears to be slowly reversing (FAO et al., 2014) and malnutrition -- defined as either under-5 stunting, anaemia among women of reproductive age or adult obesity -- affects nearly every country on the planet (IFPRI, 2014).
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Bhaskar Vira, Christoph Wildburger and Stephanie Mansourian (eds.). 2015. Forests and Food: Addressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable Landscapes. 9-28
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Open Book Publishers
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2015
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978-1-78374-193-9
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Vira, B.; Agarwal, B.; Jamnadass, R.H.; Kleinschmit, D.; McMullin, S.; Mansourian, S.; Neufeldt, H.; Parrotta, J.A.; Sunderland, T.C.H.; Wildburger, C.