Nutrition, soil organic carbon and sustainability: Multiple benefits of agriculture regeneration

Regenerative agricultural practices can contribute to addressing the triple burden of: (i) multiple forms of malnutrition and diet-related diseases, (ii) a changing environment and climate that (iii) makes current food systems unsustainable; but signifcant investment in resources and efforts to accelerate progress ahead of the climate clock is essential. Commitment by and collaboration between public and private sectors and civil society is required to deliver enabling environments that facilitate: (i) the production of food using the principles of regenerative, climate-resilient agriculture; (ii) valuing food according to its natural nutrient density in addition to weight and/ or volume; (iii) promotion of the effcient utilization of food by tailoring nutrition by gender, age, reproductive and health status; (iv) valuing nutrients in waste products and enabling their recycling; and (v) restructuring healthcare services to place a higher value on the contributions of agriculture and farmers to preventive medicine.