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This book critically assesses the role of agrobiodiversity in school gardens and its contribution to diversifying diets, promoting healthy eating habits and improving nutrition among schoolchildren as well as other benefits relating to climate change adaptation, ecoliteracy and greening school spaces.Many schoolchildren suffer from various forms of malnutrition and it is important to address their nutritional status given the effects it has on their health, cognition, and subsequently their educational achievement. Schools are recognized as excellent platforms for promoting lifelong healthy eating and improving long-term, sustainable nutrition security required for optimum educational outcomes. This book reveals the multiple benefits of school gardens for improving nutrition and education for children and their families. It examines issues such as school feeding, community food production, school gardening, nutritional education and the promotion of agrobiodiversity, and draws on international case studies, from both developed and developing nations, to provide a comprehensive global assessment. This book will be essential reading for those interested in promoting agrobiodiversity, sustainable nutrition and healthy eating habits in schools and public institutions more generally. It identifies recurring and emerging issues, establishes best practices, identifies key criteria for success and advises on strategies for scaling up and scaling out elements to improve the uptake of school gardens.

La investigación y el desarrollo ya no pueden ser de dominio exclusivo de los científicos. Con el fin de encontrar soluciones sustentables a los problemas del desarrollo, debe participar un amplio espectro de actores. Es crucial, por ejemplo, que las partes interesadas locales aporten al proceso. La investigación y el desarrollo participativo ofrecen un modelo incluyente de este tipo. Este libro de referencia de tres volúmenes ofrece un fácil acceso a conceptos y prácticas de investigación y desarrollo participativo probados en el terreno a profesionales, investigadores y académicos. Además, p.

'The case studies and papers contained here grew from an international workshop on PM & E held at the trining campus of the International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) outside Manila, Philippines in November 1997'--Pref.