Biodiversity plays a crucial role in food security and human nutrition through its influence on world food production, as it ensures the sustainable productivity of soils and provides the genetic resources for all crops, livestock, and marine species harvested for food. Food is an important basic need which should be sustainably provided in the future for human health and wellness.
Agrobiodiversity within food system not only provides a wide and varied range of nutrient-rich foods and dietary components with important health properties, but also a resource that is locally available. It is the basis of dietary diversity and the preferred choice for nutrition and health. Furthermore, agrobiodiversity related to communities’ food culture, traditions and practices therefore it reinforces the cultural and social determinants of wise food choices by individuals which is fundamental to a good health of population.
