Diversity Bears Fruit: Evaluating the Economic Potential of Undervalued Fruits for an Agroecological Restoration Approach in the Peruvian Amazon

Lagneaux, Elisabeth; Jansen, Merel; Quaedvlieg, Julia; Zuidema, Pieter A.; Anten, Niels P. R.; Roca, Mishari Rolando García; Corvera-Gomringer, Ronald; Kettle, Chris J.

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“…It also relies on traditional knowledge related to the local socio-economic reality. Ten different species were identified and projections of species revenue and profitability shows that NUS-based AFS can be profitable in the second year of implementation, soil and environment restoration and an increased crop yield, but farmers declared to have technical issues on cultivating and/or harvesting these native fruits (Lagneaux et al, 2021).…”

Section: The Agroforestry Model Enabling the Ecosystem Restorationmentioning

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Biotechnological and socio-environmental potential of Campomanesia adamantium (Myrtaceae): an interdisciplinary review

Zorgetto-Pinheiro,

Kuff,

Machado

et al. 2023

Braz. J. Biol.

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Guavira (Campomanesia adamantium, Myrtaceae) is a native fruit from the Brazilian Cerrado savanna and is socio-economically important for the indigenous and traditional people living in the Central-West. This is a bibliographic review of the biological properties of guavira and its derivatives, and, after discussing experimental studies, an interdisciplinary approach is conducted highlighting the im-portance of Agroforestry Systems as an ecological restoration tool to leverage the production chain of guavira while providing ecosystem services. Many research groups studied effects of polyphenols and other bioactive compounds and biological properties of this fruit and other plant parts such as antibiotic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-hyperlipidemic, anti-diarrheic and antitumoral activities, cardiovascular and hepatic protection and action against neuropathic pain. Besides, guavira by-products benefit poultry intestinal health, similarly to antibiotics added to their feed. Furthermore, several biotechnological products were found, like pulp flour, seasoning from the peel, sunscreen, and seed oil similar to olive oil with pharmaceutical and industrial potential. We conclude by emphasizing the importance of guavira for restoration and preservation of the threatened Brazilian Cerrado, and for the socio-environmental development of family agriculture. The same approach and study are welcome and necessary in other regions and domains worldwide having their native flora as means for a restorative end.

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Section: The Agroforestry Model Enabling the Ecosystem Restorationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biotechnological and socio-environmental potential of Campomanesia adamantium (Myrtaceae): an interdisciplinary review

Zorgetto-Pinheiro,

Kuff,

Machado

et al. 2023

Braz. J. Biol.

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“…In principle, delivering planting material for a diversity of food trees to (potential) growers should improve rural communities' diets if they consume the foods, and should benefit local livelihoods (Lagneaux et al 2021). For more information about work on food security and nutrition conducted within FTA, see Highlight No.…”

Section: Mainstreaming Food Trees Through Nurseriesmentioning

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Tree Seed and Seedling Systems for Resilience and Productivity

Graudal¹,

Lillesø²,

I.K.³

et al. 2021

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About the FTA Highlights seriesThis publication is part of a series that highlights the main findings, results and achievements of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA), from 2011 to 2021 (see full list of chapters on the last page).FTA, the world's largest research for development partnership on forests, trees and agroforestry, started in 2011. FTA gathers partners that work across a range of projects and initiatives, organized around a set of operational priorities. Such research was funded by multiple sources: CGIAR funders through program-level funding, and funders of bilateral projects attached to the programme, undertaken by one or several of its partners. Overall this represented an effort of about 850 million USD over a decade.The ambition of this series is, on each topic, to show the actual contributions of FTA to research and development challenges and solutions over a decade. It features the work undertaken as part of the FTA program, by the strategic partners of FTA (CIFOR-ICRAF, The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, CATIE, CIRAD, Tropenbos and INBAR) and/or with other international and national partners. Such work is presented indifferently in the text as work "from FTA" and/ or from the particular partner/organization that led it. Most of the references cited are from the FTA program.This series was elaborated under the leadership of the FTA Director, overall guidance of an Editorial Committee constituted by the Management Team of FTA, support from the FTA Senior Technical Advisor, and oversight of the FTA Independent Steering Committee whose independent members acted as peer-reviewers of all the volumes in the series.

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“…These challenges are often related to a lack of knowledge or capacity. In a study on native Amazonian fruit species selected for their high economic, social and ecological benefits, the identified barriers to adoption, whether for home consumption or as cash crops, were primarily socio-technical rather than market or profit oriented (Lagneaux et al, 2021). The most common limitations were, in order of frequency: lack of knowledge about the species, skepticism about productive potential given soil conditions, challenges related to harvests (e.g., in the case of tall palm species) and limited access to seeds and seedlings.…”

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Barriers to adopting a diversity of NUS fruit trees in Latin American food systems

Loon¹,

Lagneaux²,

Guerra³

et al. 2021

Orphan Crops for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security

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This publication is made publicly available in the institutional repository of Wageningen University and Research, under the terms of article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act, also known as the Amendment Taverne. This has been done with explicit consent by the author.Article 25fa states that the author of a short scientific work funded either wholly or partially by Dutch public funds is entitled to make that work publicly available for no consideration following a reasonable period of time after the work was first published, provided that clear reference is made to the source of the first publication of the work.This publication is distributed under The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) 'Article 25fa implementation' project. In this project research outputs of researchers employed by Dutch Universities that comply with the legal requirements of Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act are distributed online and free of cost or other barriers in institutional repositories. Research outputs are distributed six months after their first online publication in the original published version and with proper attribution to the source of the original publication.

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Diversity Bears Fruit: Evaluating the Economic Potential of Undervalued Fruits for an Agroecological Restoration Approach in the Peruvian Amazon

Cited by 6 publications

References 40 publications

Biotechnological and socio-environmental potential of Campomanesia adamantium (Myrtaceae): an interdisciplinary review

Biotechnological and socio-environmental potential of Campomanesia adamantium (Myrtaceae): an interdisciplinary review

Tree Seed and Seedling Systems for Resilience and Productivity

Barriers to adopting a diversity of NUS fruit trees in Latin American food systems

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