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A food system comprises the entire range of actors and interlinked activities related to food production, processing, distribution, marketing and trade, preparation, consumption, and disposal. When a food system operates without compromising the needs of future generations, it is considered to be a “Sustainable Food System.” The present-day food systems in Sri Lanka are diverse, and the natural and physical environment, infrastructure, institutions, society and culture, and policies and regulations within which the food systems operate, as well as the technologies employed, have shaped their outcomes. Agricultural research is a key factor in terms of innovation and technological advances. Innovation has been the main driver of food systems’ transformation over the past few decades and will be critical to addressing the needs of a rapidly growing population in a context of climate change and scarcity of natural resources. In addition, agricultural research must help meet the rising demand for food at affordable prices. Comprising 17 chapters written by specialist(s) in their respective subject-areas, this Contributed Volume on “Agricultural Research for Sustainable Food Systems in Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective” shares the scientific knowledge accumulated by the National Agricultural Research System of Sri Lanka, including universities, and offers recommendations on how to make food systems more sustainable in order to address the current needs of Sri Lankan society. It presents perspectives on four key thematic areas, namely: (i) Crop and animal production, management, and improvement, (ii) Agro-product processing technologies, (iii) Natural resource management, and (iv) Socio-economic development and agri-business management.

Agriculture. --- Agricultural economics. --- Natural resources. --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Sustainable development. --- Agricultural Economics. --- Natural Resource and Energy Economics. --- Food Science. --- Sustainable Development. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- National resources --- Natural resources --- Resources, Natural --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Sustainable agriculture. --- Sustainable agriculture --- Low-input agriculture --- Low-input sustainable agriculture --- Lower input agriculture --- Resource-efficient agriculture --- Sustainable farming --- Alternative agriculture --- Abastament d'aliments --- Genètica vegetal --- Agricultura --- Agronomia --- Ciències de la vida --- Agricultura biològica --- Agricultura de muntanya --- Agricultura de precisió --- Agricultura de subsistència --- Agricultura sostenible --- Agricultura urbana --- Agrosilvicultura --- Aqüicultura --- Arbres --- Boscos --- Climatologia agrícola --- Conreu --- Conreus de regadiu --- Conreus extensius --- Dones en l'agricultura --- Extensió agrària --- Floricultura --- Indústria agrícola --- Indústria ramadera --- Investigació agrícola --- Jardineria --- Millorament selectiu de plantes --- Pagesia --- Pastures --- Productes agrícoles --- Protecció de les plantes --- Revolució verda --- Silvicultura --- Zootècnia --- Història de l'agricultura --- Pagesos --- Ramaderia --- Fitogenètica --- Genètica de les plantes --- Genètica --- Genètica molecular vegetal --- Nombre de cromosomes de les plantes --- Abastaments d'aliments --- Disponibilitat d'aliments --- Producció alimentària --- Recursos alimentaris --- Sistema alimentari mundial --- Subministrament d'aliments --- Racionament del consum --- Ajuda alimentària --- Comerç d'aliments --- Dret a l'alimentació --- Fam --- Racionament alimentari --- Alimentació --- Seguretat alimentària

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The book reflects on the issues concerning, on the one hand, the difficulty in feeding an ever- increasing world population and, on the other hand, the need to build new productive systems able to protect the planet from overexploitation. The concept of “food diversity” is a synthesis of diversities: biodiversity of ecological sources of food supply; socio-territorial diversity; and cultural diversity of food traditions. In keeping with this transdisciplinary perspective, the book collects a large number of contributions that examine, firstly the relationships between agrobiodiversity, rural sustainable systems and food diversity; and secondly, the issues concerning typicality (food specialties/food identities), rural development and territorial communities. Lastly, it explores legal questions concerning the regulations aiming to protect both the food diversity and the right to food, in the light of the political, economic and social implications related to the problem of feeding the world population, while at the same time respecting local communities’ rights, especially in the developing countries. The book collects the works of legal scholars, agroecologists, historians and sociologists from around the globe.

Law. --- Food --- Biodiversity. --- Private international law. --- Conflict of laws. --- International law. --- Comparative law. --- Trade. --- Agricultural economics. --- Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law. --- European Law. --- Agricultural Economics. --- International Economic Law, Trade Law. --- Food Science. --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Comparative jurisprudence --- Comparative legislation --- Jurisprudence, Comparative --- Law, Comparative --- Legislation, Comparative --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- Choice of law --- Conflict of laws --- Intermunicipal law --- International law, Private --- International private law --- Private international law --- Legal polycentricity --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Food biotechnology --- Biotechnology --- Genetically modified foods --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Biotechnology. --- Economic aspects --- Civil law --- Food supply --- Food law and legislation. --- Right to food. --- Food, Right to --- Human rights --- Food, Pure --- Food industry and trade --- Pure food --- Commercial law --- Consumer protection --- Produce trade --- Food law and legislation --- Law and legislation. --- Law and legislation --- Food science. --- Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . --- Science --- Law—Europe. --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Abastament d'aliments --- Seguretat alimentària --- Dret a l'alimentació --- Política alimentària --- Ecologia agrícola --- Agroecologia --- Agroecosistema --- Ecologia de l'agricultura --- Medi ambient i agricultura --- Ecologia --- Climatologia agrícola --- Agricultura sostenible --- Permacultura --- Alimentació i Estat --- Estat i alimentació --- Política de la nutrició --- Política nutricional --- Política social --- Alimentació --- Drets humans --- Control sobre els aliments --- Inseguretat alimentària --- Mesures de seguretat alimentàries --- Abastaments d'aliments --- Disponibilitat d'aliments --- Producció alimentària --- Recursos alimentaris --- Sistema alimentari mundial --- Subministrament d'aliments --- Racionament del consum --- Ajuda alimentària --- Comerç d'aliments --- Fam --- Racionament alimentari --- Revolució verda