ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
Uncovering a revolutionary way of transforming farming systems with forgotten foods
Current farming practices are driving environmental degradation, yet fall short of ensuring nutritious food. Thus, by transforming how we produce food, we can address multiple sustainability challenges concurrently. This project quantifies where and how farming system transformation with ‘opportunity crops’ can simultaneously tackle pressing health, poverty, and environmental challenges. Opportunity crops are forgotten foods: plant species that were once embedded in local cultures but have since fallen out of favour due to neglect from policy and research. Transforming farming systems with opportunity crops is thus revolutionary in the traditional sense of the word: returning to something…
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