id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-330711-y65csypc Zimmerer, Karl S. Informal food chains and agrobiodiversity need strengthening—not weakening—to address food security amidst the COVID-19 crisis in South America 2020-07-15 .txt text/plain 2504 138 39 title: Informal food chains and agrobiodiversity need strengthening—not weakening—to address food security amidst the COVID-19 crisis in South America This framework examines the interactive functioning of agrobiodiversity in food and nutrition security together with the influence of food-system governance including markets, distribution and logistics networks, and seed systems. This framework enables us to focus on key links of informal food chains that are particularly disrupted in the COVID-19 crisis and threaten to undermine food and nutrition security as well as agrobiodiversity. Informally sourced, affordable seed accounts for 95% or more of supply in western South America and many regions, being generally critical for food security and agrobiodiversity access globally (Almekinders et al. Seed trade in rural markets: Informal food chains and agrobiodiversity need strengthening-not weakening-to address food security amidst the COVID-19 crisis in South America Implications for crop diversity and agricultural development ./cache/cord-330711-y65csypc.txt ./txt/cord-330711-y65csypc.txt