O que sabemos sobre as plantas alimentícias nativas e urbanas do Mato Grosso do Sul?

Abstract

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition of the growing global population is one of the sustainable development goals that make up the world agenda for the construction and implementation of public policies that aim to guide humanity until 2030. In this sense, native and urban plants can produce significant amounts of fresh and low-cost food for local consumption, helping to achieve the aforementioned and other proposed goals. In the first chapter of the dissertation, we propose to carry out a synthesis of knowledge about the chemical composition, nutritional content and mineral profile of native edible species to Mato Grosso do Sul state, in order to recognize the main trends in scientific research in this area and identify gaps in knowledge, that can be prioritized in future research. A total of 699 articles related to the physicochemical composition or mineral content of 95 native edible species from Mato Grosso do Sul state. In the second chapter, we present a diagnosis of food species or species with potential for food use by humans that occurs in urban forest of municipalities in Mato Grosso do Sul. A list of 102 species used in urban afforestation in eleven municipalities was compiled and updated, and we classified the species according to their use or potential for food use. Therefore, this work provided a review of the technological and scientific potential of native species from Mato Grosso do Sul, revealing gaps in knowledge about bromatological data. The state presented a high diversity of native and exotic food species used in urban afforestation in the 11 municipalities studied. These resources are strategic and involve food security, it is necessary to develop policies aimed at conserving these resources in an urban and peri-urban environment.