Wild Edibles & Nutrition

Grains and other food items are included from the forest.

— Sunita Kumari

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

— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

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

— Sunita Kumari

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

— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya 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

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

— Kekti Tekam

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

— Dhananjaya Harpal · Sargigora, Kalahandi, Odisha

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

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

— Kachala Choudhary

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

— Laba Kumar sabar · Lamingi, Rayagada, Odisha

In the forest, we find greens, wild tubers, mushrooms, fruits, and roots of all kinds in every season.

— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha

Mahua, tea, and Kendu are found in the forest. Chemical fertilizers are available. All these foods are available. And millet, wheat, etc., all these are available with chemical fertilizers.

— Ahalya Sahu · Kalahandi, Odisha

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

— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

From the forest, we bring mahua and mahua seeds.

— Kekti Tekam

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

— Upendra Kumar Mahananda

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

— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha

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

— gobardhan pangi

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

— Kekti Tekam

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

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

— Kekti Tekam

Generally, the forest contains many edible substances, some of which are harmful, while others are beneficial for everyone. Moreover, there are many plants in the forest that serve as food and drink.

— Rakesh kumar Kumar

Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.

— Kachala Choudhary

Herbs of the forest

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Wild edible foods: Tendu, Chironji, Amla, Ber, Almond.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

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

— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, 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

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

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

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

— Priti majhi

Fanjan greens, Panjaniyaan greens, and Vochhateen greens from the forest are beneficial for the body.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

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

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