Sustainable Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Trinidad and Tobago

Isaac, Wendy-Ann P.; Felix, Nkosi; Ganpat, Wayne; Saravanakumar, Duraisamy; Churaman, Jessica

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02994-4_9

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“…By 2030, ensuring sustainable food production systems [27]. Agriculture confronts several obstacles worldwide, making it extremely difficult t meet its primary goal of supplying food and nutrition security to an increasing populatio Agriculture confronts several obstacles worldwide, making it extremely difficult to meet its primary goal of supplying food and nutrition security to an increasing population [28,29]. Figure 4A,B presents some essential obstacles that face agriculture and farming livelihoods.…”

Section: Plant Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

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Plant Nutrition for Human Health: A Pictorial Review on Plant Bioactive Compounds for Sustainable Agriculture

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Is there any relationship between plant nutrition and human health? The overall response to this question is very positive, and a strong relationship between the nutrition of plants and humans has been reported in the literature. The nutritional status of edible plants consumed by humans can have a negative or positive impact on human health. This review was designed to assess the importance of plant bioactive compounds for human health under the umbrella of sustainable agriculture. With respect to the first research question, it was found that plant bioactives (e.g., alkaloids, carotenoids, flavonoids, phenolics, and terpenoids) have a crucial role in human health due to their therapeutic benefits, and their potentiality depends on several factors, including botanical, environmental, and clinical attributes. Plant bioactives could be produced using plant tissue culture tools (as a kind of agro-biotechnological method), especially in cases of underexploited or endangered plants. Bioactive production of plants depends on many factors, especially climate change (heat stress, drought, UV radiation, ozone, and elevated CO2), environmental pollution, and problematic soils (degraded, saline/alkaline, waterlogged, etc.). Under the previously mentioned stresses, in reviewing the literature, a positive or negative association was found depending on the kinds of stress or bioactives and their attributes. The observed correlation between plant bioactives and stress (or growth factors) might explain the importance of these bioactives for human health. Their accumulation in stressed plants can increase their tolerance to stress and their therapeutic roles. The results of this study are in keeping with previous observational studies, which confirmed that the human nutrition might start from edible plants and their bioactive contents, which are consumed by humans. This review is the first report that analyzes this previously observed relationship using pictorial presentation.

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Section: Plant Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, the agricultural sector requires modification in order to achieve self-sufficiency in food production and provide healthy and safe food in the face of climate change difficulties. One such solution that solves agricultural problems may be the practice of sustainable agriculture [29].…”

Section: Plant Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%