Challenge: Encouraging sustainable agricultural production and preservation
???? Solution: The most sustainable crops Peanuts ? and Potatoes ? along withEntomophagy ?
All human food can be breakdown to 3 types of nutrient: carbohydrate,fat,and protein.
- 1 kg serving of sweet potatoes has 860 calories with 0.1%fat,24.3% carbs,1.9% protein,and77% water.
- 1 kg serving of peanuts has more than 5,600 calories with49%fatand 25% protein.
- 1 kg serving of crickets has 1,210 calories with 5.5%fat,5.1% carbs,12.9% protein,andadditional minerals.
Nutrient quantity per day for average human:
Energy 8,700 kilojoules (2,080 calories)
Protein 50 grams
Fat 70 grams
Saturated Fatty Acids 24 grams
Carbohydrates 310 grams
Sugars 90 grams
Sodium (salt) 2.3 grams
Dietary Fibre 30 grams
Therefore,a recipe for healthyhumandaily consumption could be:
+1500 grams of potatoes (1290calories with 365grams of carbs,1.5grams of fat,and 28.5 grams of protein)
+ 150 grams of peanuts (840calories with 73.5 grams of fatand 37.5 grams of protein)
+ 15 grams of crickets(18calories with 1gramof carb,1gramof fat, and 2 grams of protein)
Assuming there will be 3 meals in a day, thus a typical meal would contain 500 grams of potatoes,
50 grams of peanuts,
and 1 teaspoon ? of crickets.
Sources:
https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/omega-6-fats-peanuts-1918.html
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods/sweet-potatoes#section1
http://www.insectsarefood.com/faq.html
http://www.mydailyintake.net/daily-intake-levels
Quest 1: Allow for the production of higher yields with less land, water, and labor inputs
Peanuts have a water footprint around 3,100 liters per 1 kg. Theydon't need fertilizerand theycan improve the soil. Such a gift from the divine!
Potatoes have a muchlower water footprintaround 250 liters per 1 kg, yet they need a fertilizedland tostart the plantation. Meanwhile, "rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may double the size of the sweet potato." "The potato will not only survive climate change but will help us to survive it as well."
Farming crickets as livestockhave awater footprint of fewerthan 1 literper 1 kg. A typical chicken farm requires 45 square meters of land for meat production, whereas an insect farm only needs 15 square meters of space. Which is3 times more efficientland utilizationin almost any climate and environment. Edible insects emit300 times lower greenhouse gassescompare to farming chickens. We need 2,500 grams of feed in order to produce 1 kg of chicken; in contrast, we just need 1,700 grams of feed for crickets which isamuch lower cost of resources to produce.
Sources:
https://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Hoekstra-2008-WaterfootprintFood.pdf
https://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/peanut-info/how-peanuts-grow.htm
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628924-300-climate-change-may-supersize-sweet-potatoes
https://cipotato.org/blog/potato-faces-up-to-climate-change-challenges
http://www.littleherds.org/sample-page/resources/media-resources-photos-videos-infographics/infographics-or-entographics
Quest 2: Improve coordination within the value chain of rural farmers, which supports sustainable food production, reduces post-harvest losses, and facilitates market access in favor of farmers
Peanuts, sweet potatoes, and cricketscan be dry in the sunlight, which will dramatically decrease the post-harvest losses and require minimal effort for the delivery from producers to consumers.
Source:
https://www.nri.org/latest/news/2010/sun-drying-sweet-potato-affects-on-vitamin-a-preservation
Quest 3: Increase access to such technologies for vulnerable populations, especially women
Warning:Anallergic reaction to peanutscan happen within minutes or up to several hours after eating foods containing peanuts. Symptoms vary from person to person and may progress from mild to severe.
Warning: Potato'sgreen color sproutscontainneurotoxicglycoalkaloids,sweet potato sprouts are not poisonousat all and therefore they are absolutely safe to be eaten.
Crickets cannot be anyway more harmful than chickens, and they won't disturb people from sleeping in the morning. However, in the case of psychological vulnerability over the icky insects, women should be allowed (not restricted) to work on the peanut and sweet potato plantation instead.
Source:
http://www.unlockfood.ca/en/Articles/Food-allergies-intolerances/Peanut-Allergies-FAQs.aspx
https://www.kevinstock.io/health/health-dangers-of-glycoalkaloids
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