Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting domestic and global food supply chains resulting in reduced access to healthy diverse diets. Hawaiʻi has been described as a model social-ecological system and it has been suggested that indigenous agro-ecosystems have the potential to be hig...
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| author | E. H. Berning C. V. H. Andersen O. Mertz N. Dickinson M. Opgenorth N. K. Lincoln J. H. Rashford N. Rønsted |
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| description | Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting domestic and global food supply chains resulting in reduced access to healthy diverse diets. Hawaiʻi has been described as a model social-ecological system and it has been suggested that indigenous agro-ecosystems have the potential to be highly productive and resilient under changing land-use and climate change disturbance. However, little research has yet been conducted exploring the disruption and resilience of agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis; Moraceae) is a signature, multi-purpose-tree of the complex perennial agro-ecosystems systems in Oceania. Methods This case study explores the ways in which the breadfruit agro-ecosystems of Hawaiʻi have shown resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results Our study suggests that breadfruit has increased its value as a subsistence crop during the COVID-19 pandemic, even in a developed economy like Hawaiʻi, and that resilience of Hawaiian breadfruit agroe-cosystems during a crisis can be supported through cooperatives and food-hubs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-854a7482d52843a2a08b597c8ff1f42f2025-02-02T06:46:16ZengCABICABI Agriculture and Bioscience2662-40442022-09-01311810.1186/s43170-022-00125-3Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemicE. H. Berning0C. V. H. Andersen1O. Mertz2N. Dickinson3M. Opgenorth4N. K. Lincoln5J. H. Rashford6N. Rønsted7Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of CopenhagenDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of CopenhagenDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of CopenhagenNational Tropical Botanical GardenNatural History Museum of Denmark, University of CopenhagenDepartment of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Hawai`I at MānoaNational Tropical Botanical GardenNational Tropical Botanical GardenAbstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting domestic and global food supply chains resulting in reduced access to healthy diverse diets. Hawaiʻi has been described as a model social-ecological system and it has been suggested that indigenous agro-ecosystems have the potential to be highly productive and resilient under changing land-use and climate change disturbance. However, little research has yet been conducted exploring the disruption and resilience of agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis; Moraceae) is a signature, multi-purpose-tree of the complex perennial agro-ecosystems systems in Oceania. Methods This case study explores the ways in which the breadfruit agro-ecosystems of Hawaiʻi have shown resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results Our study suggests that breadfruit has increased its value as a subsistence crop during the COVID-19 pandemic, even in a developed economy like Hawaiʻi, and that resilience of Hawaiian breadfruit agroe-cosystems during a crisis can be supported through cooperatives and food-hubs.https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00125-3Agro-ecosystemsAgroforestryBreadfruitCrop diversityEcological resilienceFood security |
| spellingShingle | E. H. Berning C. V. H. Andersen O. Mertz N. Dickinson M. Opgenorth N. K. Lincoln J. H. Rashford N. Rønsted Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic CABI Agriculture and Bioscience Agro-ecosystems Agroforestry Breadfruit Crop diversity Ecological resilience Food security |
| title | Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Resilience of breadfruit agro-ecosystems in Hawaiʻi during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | resilience of breadfruit agro ecosystems in hawai i during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | Agro-ecosystems Agroforestry Breadfruit Crop diversity Ecological resilience Food security |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-022-00125-3 |
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