Perennial woody crops, which are crucial to our diets and global economies, have the potential to play a major role in achieving multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals pertaining to biodiversity conservation, socio-economic development and climate change mitigation. However, this potential is hindered by insufficient scientific and policy attention on perennial woody crops, and by the intensification of perennial crop cultivation in the form of monocropping with high external inputs. In this Perspective, we highlight the potential of properly managed and incentivized perennial woody crops to support holistic sustainable development and urge scientists and policymakers to develop an effective agenda to better harness their benefits.
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TI - Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development
AU - Martinez-Nuñez, C.
AU - Velado-Alonso, E.
AU - Avelino, J.
AU - Rey, P.J.
AU - ten Hoopen, G.M.
AU - Pe’er, G.
AU - Zou, Y.
AU - Liu, Y.
AU - Antwi-Agyei, P.
AU - Rusch, A.
AU - Staver, C.
AU - Priyadarshana, T.S.
AU - Sonwa, D.J.
AU - Buchori, D.
AU - Garibaldi, L.A.
AU - Concepción, E.D.
AU - Lewis, O.T.
AU - Perfecto, I.
AU - Bartomeus, I.
AB - Perennial woody crops, which are crucial to our diets and global economies, have the potential to play a major role in achieving multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals pertaining to biodiversity conservation, socio-economic development and climate change mitigation. However, this potential is hindered by insufficient scientific and policy attention on perennial woody crops, and by the intensification of perennial crop cultivation in the form of monocropping with high external inputs. In this Perspective, we highlight the potential of properly managed and incentivized perennial woody crops to support holistic sustainable development and urge scientists and policymakers to develop an effective agenda to better harness their benefits.
PY - 2025
UR - https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/37387/
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01483-8
KW - agricultural intensification, agroecology, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, monocropping, socioeconomic development, sustainable agriculture, woody crops
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%T Tailored policies for perennial woody crops are crucial to advance sustainable development
%A Martinez-Nuñez, C.
%A Velado-Alonso, E.
%A Avelino, J.
%A Rey, P.J.
%A ten Hoopen, G.M.
%A Pe’er, G.
%A Zou, Y.
%A Liu, Y.
%A Antwi-Agyei, P.
%A Rusch, A.
%A Staver, C.
%A Priyadarshana, T.S.
%A Sonwa, D.J.
%A Buchori, D.
%A Garibaldi, L.A.
%A Concepción, E.D.
%A Lewis, O.T.
%A Perfecto, I.
%A Bartomeus, I.
%D 2025
%U https://www.cifor-icraf.org/knowledge/publication/37387/
%R https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01483-8
%X Perennial woody crops, which are crucial to our diets and global economies, have the potential to play a major role in achieving multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals pertaining to biodiversity conservation, socio-economic development and climate change mitigation. However, this potential is hindered by insufficient scientific and policy attention on perennial woody crops, and by the intensification of perennial crop cultivation in the form of monocropping with high external inputs. In this Perspective, we highlight the potential of properly managed and incentivized perennial woody crops to support holistic sustainable development and urge scientists and policymakers to develop an effective agenda to better harness their benefits.
%K agricultural intensification
%K agroecology
%K biodiversity conservation
%K climate change mitigation
%K monocropping
%K socioeconomic development
%K sustainable agriculture
%K woody crops
Publication year
2025
ISSN
2398-9629
Authors
Martinez-Nuñez, C.; Velado-Alonso, E.; Avelino, J.; Rey, P.J.; ten Hoopen, G.M.; Pe’er, G.; Zou, Y.; Liu, Y.; Antwi-Agyei, P.; Rusch, A.; Staver, C.; Priyadarshana, T.S.; Sonwa, D.J.; Buchori, D.; Garibaldi, L.A.; Concepción, E.D.; Lewis, O.T.; Perfecto, I.; Bartomeus, I.
Language
English
Keywords
agricultural intensification, agroecology, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, monocropping, socioeconomic development, sustainable agriculture, woody crops
Source
Nature Sustainability. 8(2): 133-141
