Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Global relationships between crop diversity and nutritional stability

  • Charlie C. Nicholson,
  • Benjamin F. Emery,
  • Meredith T. Niles

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25615-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Crop diversification could be important for food security. Here, using methods from network science, the authors find that a positive relationship between crop diversity and nutritional stability globally does not necessarily equate to improving nutritional stability in a given country.