Local Food Plants of Brazil

There has been growing academic interest in food plants. This is a subject that lies at the frontiers of knowledge of various areas, such as environmental sciences, nutrition, public health, and humanities. To date, however, we do not have a book bringing these multi-disciplinary perspectives to bear on this complex field. This book presents the current state of knowledge on Brazilian food plants through a multidisciplinary approach, including an overview of food plants in Brazil, as well as comprehensive nutritional data. It compiles basic theories on the interrelationship between biodiversity and the security of food and nutrition, ethnobotanical knowledge of Brazilian food plants, as well as various methods of learning and teaching, including through social media, artificial intelligence, and through workshops.

Auteur
Prof. Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque received his Ph.D. in biology in 2001 from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil. He is Full Professor of the Department of Botany at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil. In 2011, he led the founding of new Ph.D. program in Ethnobiology and Nature Conservation. Albuquerque has published around 316 journal articles, 200 chapter's book and edited or authored 50 books (including new editions and translations). Albuquerque has served as editor of various peer-reviewed journals, and in 2011 co-founded the journal Ethnobiology and Conservation as Co-Editor-in-Chief.

Prof. Michelle Jacob is a professor in the Nutrition Department and the postgraduate program of Social Sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. She is the founder of LabNutrir (www.nutrir.com.vc), a community garden laboratory in an undergraduate nutrition program that brings together local plants and people. The United Nations in 2018 recognized the LabNutrir as a reference in the application of the Right to Food Guidelines, especially guideline 11, i.e., education and awareness-raising. Dr. Jacob's research interests relate to food and nutrition security, sustainable diets, ethnonutrition, and food systems.

Résumé
There has been growing academic interest in local food plants. This is a subject that lies at the frontiers of knowledge of various areas, such as environmental sciences, nutrition, public health, and humanities. To date, however, we do not have a book bringing these multi-disciplinary perspectives to bear on this complex field.
This book presents the current state of knowledge on local Brazilian food plants through a multidisciplinary approach, including an overview of food plants in Brazil, as well as comprehensive nutritional data. It compiles basic theories on the interrelationship between biodiversity and food and nutrition security, as well as ethnobotanical knowledge of local Brazilian food plants. Additionally, this title provides various methods of learning and teaching the subject, including through social media, artificial intelligence, and through workshops, among others.

Contenu
Preface
Part 1. Basics on Food Plants and Biodiversity in a Multidisciplinary ApproachFood Biodiversity Key ConceptsUlysses Paulino Albuquerque
Food Systems towards Food and Nutrition Security: The Food Biodiversity Role
Cecília Rocha

Biodiversity, Cultural Diversity and Food CulturesJean-Pierre Poulain

Unconventional Food Plants: Food or Medicine?Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior

The Potential of Unconventional Food Plants for Improving Diets and NutritionDanny Hunter

Part 2. Brazilian Food Plants: An OverviewBrazilian Unconventional Food Plants and National Policies to Strengthen Food and Nutrition Security through BiodiversityDaniela M. de Oliveira Beltrame

Food Plants from Brazilian Biodiversity as a Source of Bioactive CompoundsMaria das Graças Lins Brandão

Natural Toxins in Brazilian Unconventional Food Plants: A ReviewFillipe Oliveira Pereira

Part 3. Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Brazilian Food PlantsBrazilian Food Plants Reported by Scientific Travelers and Naturalists: Key Plants from the Past to the FutureMaria Franco Trindade Medeiros

Brazilian Food Plants and Indigenous People: Trends in ArchaeobotanyMariana Franco Cassino

Famine Foods: Thoughts from a Caatinga Research ExperienceViviany Teixeira do Nascimento

Part 4. Nutritional Composition Data on Brazilian Food Plants by BiomeFood Plants in CerradoLeonardo Luiz Borges

Food Plants in CaatingaDaline Fernandes de Souza Araújo

Food Plants in PampasMariana Oliveira Ramos

Food Plants in AmazoniaNilson Evelázio de Souza

Food Plants in PantanalIeda Maria Bortolotto

Food Plants in Atlantic RainforestVeridiana Vera de Rosso

Part 5. Consumption of Brazilian Food PlantsChallenges to Assess Sustainable Diets in Nutritional Science: A Case Study in Caatinga BiomeMichelle Jacob

Potential for Popularization of Unconventional Food Plants Based on Local PerceptionPatricia Muniz de Medeiros

Potential of Unconventional Food Plants Value ChainsRafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva

Food Plants of Brazilian's Sociobiodiversity in the National School Feeding ProgramAna Laura Benevenuto de Amorim

Part 6. Learning and Teaching Brazilian Food PlantsE-Learning through Social Networking Sites: A Case Study from FacebookAndré Benedito

Plant Identification Using Artificial Intelligence: Innovative Strategies for Teaching Food Biodiversity<div&g...