Bronwen Powell
Associate Professor of Geography, African Studies and Anthropology

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314 Walker
University Park, PA - bxp15@psu.edu
- 814-865-1187
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
Collard Greens (Brassica oleracea var. viridis) in the Moroccan Oasis
Bronwen Powell, A Ouarghidi, 2025, Economic Botany on p. 1-16
Food environment change on wild food consumption in rural Tanzania
Rasmus Skov Olesen, Bronwen Powell, Charles Joseph Kilawe, Laura Vang Rasmussen, 2024, Food Security on p. 1203-1221
Greater Attention to Wild Foods and Cultural Knowledge Supports Increased Nutrition Outcomes Associated with Agroecology
Stephanie J. Zhu, Tiza Ignatius Mfuni, Bronwen Powell, 2024, Sustainability
Food Security and Nutrition Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) Highlights of a Decade (2011–2021 Series)
Amy Ickowitz, Stepha McMullin, Ian Dawson, Terry Sunderland, Bronwen Powell, Mulia Nurhasan, Barbara Vinceti, Ramni Jamnadass, Alexandre Meybeck, Vincent Gitz, 2024, on p. 69-99
Adapting food environment frameworks to recognize a wild-cultivated continuum
Lilly Zeitler, Shauna Downs, Bronwen Powell, 2024, Frontiers in Nutrition
Gardening practices in Alaska build on traditional food system foundations
Megan Mucioki, Sean Kelly, Davin Holen, Bronwen Powell, Tikaan Galbreath, Sarah Paterno, Robbi Mixon, Guangqing Chi, 2024, Agriculture and Human Values
Humans and climate modulate fire activity across Ethiopia
Lucas B. Harris, Alan H. Taylor, Habtemariam Kassa, Samson Leta, Bronwen Powell, 2023, Fire Ecology
The need to include wild foods in climate change adaptation strategies
Bronwen Powell, Indra D. Bhatt, Megan Mucioki, Suresh Rana, Sandeep Rawat, Rachel Bezner Kerr, 2023, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Sixth Assessment Report (WGII AR6), Internal Draft of Chapter 5: Food, Fibre, and Other Ecosystem Products
Rachel Bezner Kerr, Toshihiro Hasegawa, Rodel Lasco, et al. (over 70 lead and contributing authors), Bronwen Powell, 2022, on p. 1-354
Transforming food systems with trees and forests
Amy Ickowitz, Stepha McMullin, Todd Rosenstock, Ian Dawson, Dominic Rowland, Bronwen Powell, Kai Mausch, Houria Djoudi, Terry Sunderland, Mulia Nurhasan, Andreea Novak, Vincent Gitz, Alexandre Meybeck, Ramni Jamnadass, Manuel R. Guariguata, Céline Termote, Robert Nasi, 2022, The Lancet Planetary Health on p. e632-e639
Most-Cited Papers
Improving diets with wild and cultivated biodiversity from across the landscape
Bronwen Powell, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Amy Ickowitz, Celine Termote, Terry Sunderland, Anna Herforth, 2015, Food Security on p. 535-554
Agricultural intensification, dietary diversity, and markets in the global food security narrative
A. Ickowitz, B. Powell, D. Rowland, A. Jones, T. Sunderland, 2019, Global Food Security on p. 9-16
Born to eat wild: An integrated conservation approach to secure wild food plants for food security and nutrition
Teresa Borelli, Danny Hunter, Bronwen Powell, Tiziana Ulian, Efisio Mattana, Céline Termote, Lukas Pawera, Daniela Beltrame, Daniela Penafiel, Ayfer Tan, Mary Taylor, Johannes Engels, 2020, Plants on p. 1-37
Forest foods and healthy diets: Quantifying the contributions
Dominic Rowland, Amy Ickowitz, Bronwen Powell, Robert Nasi, Terry Sunderland, 2017, Environmental Conservation on p. 102-114
Forests, trees, and micronutrient-rich food consumption in Indonesia
Amy Ickowitz, Dominic Rowland, Bronwen Powell, Mohammad Agus Salim, Terry Sunderland, 2016, PLoS One
The determinants of dietary diversity and nutrition: Ethnonutrition knowledge of local people in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
Bronwen Powell, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Sera L. Young, Timothy Johns, 2017, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine on p. 1-23
Dietary transitions among three contemporary hunter-gatherers across the tropics
Victoria Reyes-García, Bronwen Powell, Isabel Díaz-Reviriego, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Sandrine Gallois, Maximilien Gueze, 2019, Food Security on p. 109-122
Conceptual links between landscape diversity and diet diversity: A roadmap for transdisciplinary research
Sarah E. Gergel, Bronwen Powell, Frédéric Baudron, Sylvia L.R. Wood, Jeanine M. Rhemtulla, Gina Kennedy, Laura V. Rasmussen, Amy Ickowitz, Matthew E. Fagan, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Jessica Ranieri, Stephen A. Wood, Jeroen C.J. Groot, Terry C.H. Sunderland, 2020, BioScience on p. 563-575
Testing the Various Pathways Linking Forest Cover to Dietary Diversity in Tropical Landscapes
Frédéric Baudron, Stephanie A. Tomscha, Bronwen Powell, Jeroen C.J. Groot, Sarah E. Gergel, Terry Sunderland, 2019, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Forest pattern, not just amount, influences dietary quality in five African countries
Laura Vang Rasmussen, Matthew E. Fagan, Amy Ickowitz, Sylvia L.R. Wood, Gina Kennedy, Bronwen Powell, Frédéric Baudron, Sarah Gergel, Suhyung Jung, Erica A.H. Smithwick, Terry Sunderland, Stephen Wood, Jeanine M. Rhemtulla, 2019, Global Food Security on p. 1-11