The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has recently brought attention to two neglected areas of food security: forests and insects.
On the 13th to 15th May 2013 the FAO hosted an International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition which aimed to increase understanding of the role that forests, trees and agroforestry systems can play in improving the food security and nutrition of rural people. 1985 was designated the year of forests and food security but since then it has disappeared off the international agenda.
Forests, trees and agroforestry are often forgotten in national food security strategies and yet 1.6 billion people rely on forests and other natural systems for food and their livelihoods. Forests and trees are important in a number of ways:
- They provide affordable sources of food, nutrients, fibre and fuelwood as well as sources of income
- They help deliver clean water to agricultural lands…
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Dr. Bukar Ali USMAN, mni 