Revalorizing Indigenous Foods for Sustainable Diets: Integrated Policy, Value-Chain Innovation, and Implementation Science for Achieving Food and Nutrition Security

Aruna Mesa, Nizaha Juhaida Mohamad, Valangi Bindu, Ravula Bharathi, Dr.Santhi Sree Sunkara, Kimeera Am bati, K Bhuvananeswari · 2026 · Journal of Food and Dietetics Research

Summary. Indigenous foods offer significant potential to address malnutrition, climate vulnerability, and biodiversity loss through sustainable food systems. Systems-based interventions combining institutional procurement, agroecological production, and nutrition-sensitive value chains increase dietary diversity by 15–30%. The paper proposes an integrated model linking production through governance and identifies critical gaps in impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis, and policy frameworks that must be addressed to scale indigenous food systems globally.

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Mesa, A., Mohamad, N. J., Bindu, V., Bharathi, R., Sunkara, D. S., bati, K. A., & Bhuvananeswari, K.. (2026). Revalorizing Indigenous Foods for Sustainable Diets: Integrated Policy, Value-Chain Innovation, and Implementation Science for Achieving Food and Nutrition Security. Journal of Food and Dietetics Research. https://doi.org/10.48165/jfdr.2026.6.1.2

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DOI: 10.48165/jfdr.2026.6.1.2
Countries: India, Malaysia
Regions: Asia
Categories: food-systems, indigenous-innovation, climate-and-environment, general-innovation
Added: 2026-10-01