Indigenous knowledge and leadership for climate change adaptation in nutrition

Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo¹, Rosa Silvera-Ccallo¹, Guillermo Lancha-Rucoba¹, Junior Chanchari², Nerita Inuma³, Manuel Pizango⁴, Valeria Morales-Ancajima¹, Marianella Miranda-Cuadros⁵, Juan-Pablo Aparco⁵, Andrea Valdivia-Gago¹, Rocilda Nunta-Guimaraes⁶, Teresita Antazú⁷, Jorge Velez-Quevedo⁸, Connie Fernandez-Neyra⁹, Cesar Carcamo¹⁰, Darren Greenwood¹¹, Janet Cade¹², James D Ford¹³, Sherilee Harper¹⁴, J Jaime Miranda^{15

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Affiliations

¹ Intercultural Citizenship and Indigenous Health Unit (UCISI), Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH), Lima, Perú.
² Community of Nuevo Progreso, Shawi Indigenous People, Loreto, Perú.
³ Community of Palmiche, Shawi Indigenous People, Loreto, Perú.
⁴ Community of 10 de Agosto, Shawi Indigenous People, Loreto, Peru.
⁵ National Center for Food and Nutrition (CENAN), National Instituto of Health (INS),Lima, Perú.
⁶ Indigenous Woman Leader, Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous People, Ucayali, Peru.
⁷ Indigenous Woman Leader, Yanesha Indigenous People, Pasco, Perú.
⁸ Taller Verde, Loreto, Perú.
⁹ Santa Gema Hospital, Red de Salud Alto Amazonas, Loreto, Perú.
¹⁰ School of Public Health and Administration, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH), Lima, Perú.
¹¹ School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
¹² Nutritional Epidemiology Group, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
¹³ Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
¹⁵ Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
¹⁶ CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.

PMID: 39541399
PMCID: PMC11563436
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003917

Indigenous knowledge and leadership for climate change adaptation in nutrition

Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo et al. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 14;4(11):e0003917.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003917. eCollection 2024.

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¹ Intercultural Citizenship and Indigenous Health Unit (UCISI), Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH), Lima, Perú.
² Community of Nuevo Progreso, Shawi Indigenous People, Loreto, Perú.
³ Community of Palmiche, Shawi Indigenous People, Loreto, Perú.
⁴ Community of 10 de Agosto, Shawi Indigenous People, Loreto, Peru.
⁵ National Center for Food and Nutrition (CENAN), National Instituto of Health (INS),Lima, Perú.
⁶ Indigenous Woman Leader, Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous People, Ucayali, Peru.
⁷ Indigenous Woman Leader, Yanesha Indigenous People, Pasco, Perú.
⁸ Taller Verde, Loreto, Perú.
⁹ Santa Gema Hospital, Red de Salud Alto Amazonas, Loreto, Perú.
¹⁰ School of Public Health and Administration, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University (UPCH), Lima, Perú.
¹¹ School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
¹² Nutritional Epidemiology Group, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
¹³ Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
¹⁴ School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
¹⁵ Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
¹⁶ CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.

PMID: 39541399
PMCID: PMC11563436
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003917

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: CZ-C declares that her salary was covered partially with funds from the University of Alberta and the University of Leeds while working on this manuscript. Also, she identifies herself as an Indigenous scientist of a Quechua heritage from the Peruvian Northern Andes. JC is Director of Dietary Assessment Ltd supporting myfood24. Also, leads a WHO Collaborating Centre in Nutritional Epidemiology Other authors do not have competing interest to declare

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**Fig 1. One variety of tuber harvested in the Shawi farm.**

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