Forest & Food Security

Moringa, rice and Chironji nuts, mango pickle, local rice, etc.

— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Pulses, millet, grains, and green leafy vegetables

— Maya kumari Damor

It includes crops like Dhaincha, Lobia, and Moong. Fertilizer materials are included in the forest.

— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

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

Whatever forest products are available, such as साग (leafy vegetables), can be powdered and made available through PDS (Public Distribution System) in some Anganwadi centers or schools. If we provide it in powdered form, it can be used as protein-rich food.

— sudhir gamanga · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada

We get various greens and various fruits from the forest.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, 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

The forest contains nutritious foods like Pitalu, Baya, Tunga, Water Yam, Elephant Foot Yam, Bitter Ginari greens, Putukuli, Honey, Amla, Bahada, and Kendu. The government should consider adding some of these to the PDS (Public Distribution System).

— Prasanna Pradhan · Mayurbhanj, Odisha

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

— Kekti Tekam

To include forest-based foods like Mahua ladoo, Char ladoo, Phuljhi, etc., in PDS and midday meals.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

By bringing the greens found in the forest, powdering them, and including them in PDS, they can be used as nutritious food.

— sudhir gamanga · Birikota, Rayagada, Odisha

The most nutritious forest foods are Kolyar Bhaji, Mokha Ki Bhaji, Segwa, etc.

— Kachala Choudhary

Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.

— Kachala Choudhary

Mahua flowers and other foods obtained from the forest are very nutritious. Therefore, it is appropriate to include these foods in PDS or mid-day meals.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

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

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

If forest foods like Char, Mahua, Kendu, Mango, and Jam are added to PDS and mid-day meals, consumers will get nutritious food.

— RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha

In the forest, there are many types of food, such as various nutritious tubers (kandha), which can be given during midday meals in schools and also protect against various diseases.

— Deepanjali Nayak

Natural crops like Mahua, Sarai, Geti, Bak Sarail, Ten.

— arun raja

Nutritious local tubers like Pitikanda, Charendakanda, and Naangalakanda, found in the forest, can be included in dishes.

— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, 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

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

— Priti majhi

Tungemasha, potatoes, and Panikonda are all found in the forest. If Panikonda is included in PDS and mid-day meals, then children will remain healthy by getting nutritious food.

— Basanti · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

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

If the government distributes forest foods like Mahua, Kendu, and other such forest produce to children as PDS food.

— Priti majhi

Finger millet, black gram, green gram, etc.

— Abhimaneu Sabar

Locally, forest-derived foods such as bamboo shoots and mushrooms are rich in protein. Name: Bhagat Dalapati, Village: Kudumulugumma.

— jitendra khila · kudumulugumma, Malkangiri, Odisha

Include forest-based food items such as Mahua laddoo, Chaar laddoo, Fuljhi, etc., in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

Forest produce fruits found in the forest like Kendu, Char, and Mahula contain abundant nutritious food. It would be good to include them in students' mid-day meals.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

When we talk about locally available food, our Kurudi mushrooms, along with Siali and Kendu, are all such forest foods.

— gobardhan pangi

In our forest, mushrooms, ruguda, karadi, and giril flowers are found. These should be served in mid-day meals at PDS schools.

— RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha