Paths of convergence for agriculture, health, and wealth
Paths of convergence for agriculture, health, and wealth
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.0912951109
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发表时间：
2012-07-31
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Webb, Patrick
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作者：
Dube, Laurette;Pingali, Prabhu;Webb, Patrick
这一专题要求对农业、健康和财富的趋同路径进行前瞻性思考。这种融合旨在使小农更充分地融入国家和全球农业和粮食系统、卫生系统、价值链和市场。文章确定了学科交叉的分析创新，以及单一、线性和孤立方法传统上占主导地位的跨部门行动。所讨论的问题以三个主题为框架：(i)自1960年代以来与农业和粮食市场增长有关的教训；将小农农业纳入国家和全球商业议程的经验；（iii）对趋同建设制度设计和政策的见解，包括对可以为此类过程提供信息的复杂性科学方法的审查。在这篇介绍性文章中，我们首先讨论当这三个主题融合在一起时，为更有影响力的政策和行动所产生的观点。然后，我们推动主题边界，为更广泛的、以解决方案为导向的、跨学科的科学、政策和行动方法制定路线图。随着全球城市人口超过50%，小农和非小农农业都是建立城乡联系的关键，农业和非农业活动都有助于可持续的营养安全。这些路线图将利用企业的力量，减少数百万家庭的饥饿和贫困，促进人类生物学与现代生活方式的更好结合，并遏制非传染性慢性病的蔓延。
This special feature calls for forward thinking around paths of convergence for agriculture, health, and wealth. Such convergence aims for a richer integration of smallholder farmers into national and global agricultural and food systems, health systems, value chains, and markets. The articles identify analytical innovation, where disciplines intersect, and cross-sectoral action where single, linear, and siloed approaches have traditionally dominated. The issues addressed are framed by three main themes: (i) lessons related to agricultural and food market growth since the 1960s; (ii) experiences related to the integration of smallholder agriculture into national and global business agendas; and (iii) insights into convergence-building institutional design and policy, including a review of complexity science methods that can inform such processes. In this introductory article, we first discuss the perspectives generated for more impactful policy and action when these three themes converge. We then push thematic boundaries to elaborate a roadmap for a broader, solution-oriented, and transdisciplinary approach to science, policies, and actions. As the global urban population crosses the 50% mark, both smallholder and nonsmallholder agriculture are keys in forging rural-urban links, where both farm and nonfarm activities contribute to sustainable nutrition security. The roadmaps would harness the power of business to reduce hunger and poverty for millions of families, contribute to a better alignment between human biology and modern lifestyles, and stem the spread of noncommunicable chronic diseases.