Biodiversity and dietary diversity are strongly related and are key to the sustainability of agri-food systems, in terms of environmental and nutritional impacts. There is a need for high-quality data on food intake and food composition to monitor diets in groups of population. These data are needed not only at the level of species but also at the level of varieties and cultivars to monitor food biodiversity. Indeed, food biodiversity impacts the diversity and nutrient adequacy of diets and agrobiodiversity, a key element for agri-food system sustainability.
This online workshop is organized by the Food and Nutrition Centre of CREA and the Food and Nutrition Division of FAO within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and Italian Research Institutes (IRI). It is aimed at presenting the state of the art in terms of data availability on food biodiversity and dietary diversity in Italy and at the international level.
The workshop is targeted to researchers and students in food, nutrition, biology and health and of interest to all actors across the agri-food system.