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    The cloudNutrition & Food SecurityHealthy Mahua CuisineTraditional & Local FoodsWild Edibles & NutritionForest Product ForagingForaging Forest Foods
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    A dimension within Forest Product Foraging

    Foraging Forest Foods

    This theme covers the practice of foraging for food and other products from the forest, including traditional agricultural practices.

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    In your area, citizens are actively highlighting the profound significance of forest-derived foods and medicinal plants 🌳. Submissions consistently emphasize the rich variety of greens, fruits, roots, tubers, and herbs collected from local forests, noting their essential role in providing a nutritious diet and supporting traditional health practices. There's a strong desire to both revive lost practices and ensure these valuable, chemical-free resources are recognized for their nutritional benefits. Many see potential for these traditional foods to be integrated into broader public welfare initiatives, presenting a clear path for community well-being and cultural preservation 💡.

    Dominant Themes

    Forest-derived food and nutrition
    Traditional knowledge and practices
    Integration into public distribution systems (PDS) and midday meals
    Medicinal plants and health benefits
    Livelihood and resource dependency

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🍎 🏫 🍲Systematically identify and incorporate locally available, nutritious forest foods into Public Distribution Systems and school midday meal programs to enhance community health.
    • 📜 🌱 👨Develop initiatives to document, preserve, and promote traditional knowledge regarding forest food collection, preparation, and sustainable management among local communities.
    • 💼 💰 🤝Support the establishment of community-led enterprises focused on value addition and ethical marketing of diverse forest produce to bolster local livelihoods.
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    Synthesised from the stories

    AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.

    🎬 Graphic story· Forest & Food Heritage

    Forest's Embrace, Village's Pulse

    In remote mountain forests, a community navigates daily life, preserving ancient crops and adapting cultural traditions amidst evolving times.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest & Food Heritage

    Nourish from What Creation Provides

    By cherishing and utilizing the traditional foods and herbs found in our forests and lands, we can sustain ourselves and combat malnutrition while preserving our natural heritage.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest & Food Heritage

    Live With the Forest, Preserve Your Ways

    Drawing strength from ancient customs and the jungle's bounty, our community thrives by living independently and preserving traditional foodways for future generations.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest & Food Heritage

    Cultivate Your Land for Future Living

    By integrating diverse farming practices with deep knowledge of local forest foods, we ensure our community's sustenance and future well-being.

    Where these voices come from

    ODISHA, INDIA61 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA17 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA16 voices CHHATTISGARH, INDIA5 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA2 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA1 voice

    Voices here

    🌳 🍄 🧺

    Forest food collection

    — Suna majhi · Kulusingi, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 🌾

    Grains and other food items are included from the forest.

    — Sunita Kumari

    🌳 🤲 🍚

    Grains, food, and foodstuffs are included from the forest.

    — Sunita Kumari

    🌳 🍎 😋

    Forest food

    — Abhimaneu Sabar

    🌳 🍎 😋

    Forest Food

    — Abhimaneu Sabar

    🌳 🤲 🍎

    We get various greens and various fruits from the forest.

    — Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 🍎

    We get various types of fruits and roots from the forest.

    — Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 🌱

    Mahuwa seeds, herbs, Pohri, and Putu Lakh are brought from the forest.

    — Kekti Tekam

    🌳 🤲 🥦

    From the forest, we also get many things as vegetables, such as

    — Kekti Tekam

    🌳 🤲 🌱

    From the forest, we bring mahua and mahua seeds.

    — Kekti Tekam

    🌳 🧺 😋

    We are getting all kinds of seasonal produce from the forest.

    — Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 🍎

    Forest-derived food includes fresh bamboo shoots, bamboo sago, and Kendu fruit, among others. We obtain our food from the forest.

    — S Guruteli · Upperpur, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 🌿

    Listeners bring greens, wood, Pohri, and pootu from the forest.

    — Kekti Tekam

    🌳 🍎 💪

    We get our nutritious diet from the forest, such as Mahua fruit Doli oil in the form of fat, Kodo, Bhaddi, Kulthia, Mahua flowers, Jamun, Mahua kheer, Bhaji, etc.

    — Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌿 🤲 🍎

    The edible items found in the forest are Kendu, Chaar, and Mahua, which

    — Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🌳 🧺 ✅

    From the forest, we get leafy vegetables, tubers, mushrooms, and fruits. All these kinds of things are available.

    — Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

    🌿 🌳 🌱

    Herbs of the forest

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 🥬 😋

    We used to eat greens from the forest, including Madhuranga greens, Nautia greens, Marisa greens, and all those other types of greens.

    — Sanjukta Arukh · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha

    🌳 🍎 💪

    Forest products such as Jharakunduru, Pitalu Konda, and various other types of edible forest produce are available. These also serve as food for animals and birds, and consuming them provides nourishment.

    — Anirudha Marai

    🌳 🥬 💪

    Nutritious food found in the forest: Mudhi saga, Chhati saga, Bhadbhadia saga, Koila saga, Munga saga, Ghumi saga, Tartha saga.

    — Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 🍎

    The things found in the forest are fruits and roots, such as Kendu, Char, Mahua, and Amla.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🏹 🍓 🌾

    Obtaining food by hunting wild animals in the forest, eating fruits and flowers, and growing grains.

    — bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 🍰 👴

    We used to gather forest products like mahua, cook them, make cakes, and eat them in the forest. Even now, we will learn from our ancestors.

    — Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🔎 💊

    Vitamin food in the forest. Katukola berries were found. These are Banasula, tea, Kendu.

    — Dhananjaya Harpal · Sargigora, Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌳 🍎 💪

    Nutritious diet from the forest: seasonal fruits, jamun, mahua, mango, charoli, jaggery, peanuts, and Shegaon vegetables.

    — Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌳 🧺 🔥

    From the forest, we bring four Tendu fruits, Amla, Jamun, and wood and bamboo for burning.

    — Kekti Tekam

    🌳 🥬 😋

    Wants to eat Mukhani bhaji and Khatta Aamdi bhaji from the forest.

    — Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌳 🧺 🥕

    Ans - In ancient times, people used to bring tubers, leafy vegetables, fruits, and roots from the forest and eat them. They also ate boiled leafy vegetables. Village - Kutiguda Name - Devendra Madkami

    — Champa Gatan · Pujariguda, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌿 🛠️ 🍲

    Let the Mahua, Char, and Kendu (products) from the forest be processed for food.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🧑‍🌾 🍎

    Currently, we are seeing that people are gradually obtaining the fruits, medicinal plants, greens, and nutritious food that were available in the forest.

    — Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha

    🌳 🍄 🍽️

    They collect mushrooms and ghuhaar greens from the forests and prepare them as vegetables to eat, and within that same group.

    — MANNOO LAL BHOI · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🌳 🍄 💊

    I am going to the forest and collecting Kanda mushroom, medicinal type plants from the forest, bringing them, and using them.

    — biswanath sahoo

    🌳 🍄 🍽️

    From the forest, we collect ruguda mushrooms, mudhi saag, kuiler saag, girel flowers, bhindua kadi, and so on. If all these are nutritious foods for us, they should be included in the midday meal.

    — RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌿 🌰 ⬆️

    In the forest, along with other bushes, edible bushes also used to have more charoli and temri.

    — Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌿 🍽️ 💪

    Before, we used to eat saag roti, kurthi dal, urad dal, and mahua saag. Sometimes we would find amla and bael from the forest, and that's how we used to sustain our lives.

    — Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 🍎 😋

    In our forests, various edible fruits and flowers like Chhode ki Bhanji, Patari, Peepar, Katto, Laheren, Kotwal, Bhanji, Fisdi, Gadsukhadi, Banspihari, and many others are found.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🏞️ 🌱 🍎

    The main food items that come from water in the forest are Tendu, Char, Mukaiya, Amla, Harhar, and Bel.

    — Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🌳 🍎 😬

    Yes, it is food eaten in the forest, which we include as food. Oh oh.

    — Rakesh kumar Kumar

    🌳 🌿 🌱

    Forest herbs

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 🍎 🍽️

    We can give fruits found in the forest like :- Tendu, Char, Aonla in our lunch.

    — Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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