Г-жа Salomeyesudas Buduru
millets, greens,uncultivated foods
millets, greens,uncultivated foods
Mainstreaming Biodiversity for improved Food security and better Nutrition is the need of the hour. The reality is there are many regions which are rich in Biodiversity in Agriculture and Forestry but highly poor in nutrition.
The biggest challenge is look at the successful case studies where these too are linked for mutual benefit.
I have sited few such studies below
www.fao.org/tempref/docrep/fao/012/i0370e/i0370e10.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17215184
http://agrobiodiversityplatform.org/par/2014/10/21/forests-as-food-producing-habitats/
Governments should make nutrition as their priority over industry ,mono cropping systems and chemical input agriculture. Safety and diversity in diets are key to nutrition.
Sincerely,
Salome Yesudas
During 1995 to 2005 I worked at Deccan Development Society - Farm Science center (KVK)in search of alternatives to chemical agents both for soil nutrition and pest and disease management as team all the scientist of the center were involved in documenting the methods, procedures and practices that were followed in Zaheerbad region of Medak district of Telagana. Many farmers both men and women shared their extraordinary knowledge and skills with us. under the leadership of Dr. B Suresh Reddy all the practices were tested and and most efficient practices were summarized into a beautiful visual tool. These practices increased the life in Soil and in Air.
Thank you Sincerely,
Salomeyesudas
There are many varieties of pulses are available from dry land farms
Horse gram, field bean, cow pea, lentil, lathyrus sativis and many types of beans.
Apart from making them as boiled or curry , gravy recipes many more snack and sweet items are made out of these pulses.
In tribal and rural areas lot of variety goes into preparations: laddus, vada, bajji, roti, spicy powders, as mixture of thickening agents
It is important to introduce them to children as regular diets
Reviving of traditional storage of pulses is urgent need of the hour
Storing in mud plastered bamboo baskets sealed with mud
Storing in bamboo baskets in between 2 layers of foxtail millet also protects them for long time
Revival of storage methods and recipes will put pulses in front row of the food basket
Thank you
Salome Yesudas
food and nutrition scientist
Hyderabad , Telangana, India
Dear Florence Egal
first issue:
location specific policy is needed
hype of one particular crop or food should be discouraged
diversity is the key for any security therefore enhance diversity
second issue:
policies to protect common lands and forest bodies including water bodies
the policy should safe gourd land ,actually for each village or dwelling place a recommended amount of common land should be earmarked and use be handed over to local community to manage it for agro eco securities
I am not sure of my contribution to third issue you raised
thank you
Sincerely
B. Salomeyesudas
Few thoughts facilitating the following:
red is need to improve , green is satisfactory
A white sheet with a pencil or pen is sufficient
Fruits seem to be a food that has been enjoyed by mankind from the earliest of times. Most of us appreciate fruits because they are the easiest foods to handle. Just wash and serve Fruits need absolutely no preparation or cooking. In addition fruits lend themselves to be concerted into a variety of dishes. They can be baked steamed, stewed, crushed, made into salads, ice creams, juices and sherbets. They can also be made into delicious jams, jellies, pickles and puddings. Fruits can be preserved easily.
Fruits contain abundant quantities of sugar. In terms of nutrition, fruit are very good sources of several vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Fruits are important foods in terms of health economy of ecology. Fruits are health promoting as well as pleasure giving. Fruits are very efficient sources of vitamin C and A. We all ways associate fruits only with those of high market value. But there are number of fruits available through out the year. These wild fruits are edible and nutritious. Most of these are location specific and seasonal. Some advantageous of these fruits.
In order to enrich our diet in terms of vitamins and minerals the most inexpensive way will be to promote wild fruit cultivation seriously.The most other important impact will be ensuring a healthy relation with our natural resources. And creating respect for nature in future generation.
Present situation:
A small research was done and analyzed for b - carotene content of some of the wild fruits is presented below.
Total carotenoids and b - carotene content of wild fruit samples
Sl.No
Name
Total carotenoids
b-carotene
<¾¾¾¾ m/100 g¾¾¾¾¾>
1
Ambadikayalu
570.69
16.85
2
Pulcheri
73.44
28.99
3
Nakkarapandulu
4236.78
428.59
4
Bonthapandu
161.25
12.29
5
Irkipandu
63.71
12.18
6
Medipandu
37.74
5.4
7
Illintha
514.73
16.56
8
Eethapandu
396.81
191.22
9
Chitmit
260.44
12.71
10
Kalmi
1026.30
326.66
11
Kakipandu
1300.39
177.16
12
Morripandu
1302.65
354.11
13
Kasipand
2057.98
147.38
14
Balusakupandluu
404.49
19.86
15
Pitlapandlu
766.82
22.44
Other uses of wild fruits
Sl. No.
Local Name
Type
Other values
1
Balusuku pandu
Bush
Leaf is good fodder, used as
Fire wood. Rainy season fruit.
2
Illentha pandu
Small tree
High medicinal value. Winter season fruit
3
Chit Mit
Tree
Latex has medicinal value. Rainy season fruit
4
Chimidi pandlu
Tree
5
Kaki pandlu
Bush
Fence, Used as fire wood, roofing material. Rainy season fruit.
6
Morri pandlu
Tree
High market value from fruit. Latex has medicinal value. Early summer fruit.
7
Parki pandlu
Bush
Fence, winter fruit
8
Pulichera pandlu
Bush
Fruits available through out the year
9
Kashe pandlu
Bush
Medicinal vlaue, through out year
10
Nalla jedi
Tree
Medicinal value, market value. Early summer fruit
11
Dudi pandlu
Bush
Early summer fruit
12
Thella pulcheri
Bush
Medicinal value
13
Medi pandlu
Tree
Latex has medicinal value, wood value. Summer fruit
14
Pam padiga pandlu
Bush Fence, winter fruit
15
Sudi pandlu
Tree
Winter fruit, leaf has market value
16
Kalimi pandlu
Bush
Early summer fruit
17
Pitta pandlu
Bush
Rainy season fruit
18
Nakkiri pandlu
Bush
Rainy season fruit
19
Itha pandlu
Tree
Winter fruit, leaf has market value
20
Bontha pandlu
Tree
Winter season fruit. Firewood value
21
Sithaphal pandlu
Bush
Rainy season
22
Thada
Tree
Two crops
Because of thoughtless actions of man and low market value of these fruits we never gave them the place they deserve. In order to promote fruit cultivation we need to think in a new direction considering the following points:
Quick and thoughtful program may ensure the conservation of wild fruits, which are important foods in terms of health economy and ecology.
Dear Friends
We can make agriculture work for nutrition if we allow the practice of ecological agriculture to continue because of the bonus of uncultivated food we get from these farms will definitely answer some of the worst nutritional deficiency disorders.
Dry land Millet farmers’ treasured their knowledge about their resources, about their ecological agriculture, about their well being, about their living interface with nature and passed on to generation to generation.
If we closely understand we find that a very important component of millet cultivation is it’s embedded biodiversity. On their lands one cold see that s and millets stand next to pulses and pulses stand next to oilseeds and oilseeds stand next to vegetable. As a combination, millets, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables made a perfect combination of completely nutritious meal possible in the lives of the dry land people without having to spend a single paisa on outside food purchases.
Astonishingly within this gamete of ecological agriculture there is the issue of uncultivated foods which are also called as wild greens by people and designated as weeds by scientists.
It is a kind of ecological agriculture pattern that sustains uncultivated foods. Certain crops in certain seasons in certain agriculture fashion allow lot of greens to come up on their lands without consciously cultivating them.
Addition of farmyard manure enhances the growth of these multipurpose greens on their lands. Light wooden ploughing will allow the delicate seed to be preserved and germinated easily where as hard tractor ploughing may destroy them.
Same way application of chemical fertilizers hardness the soil and germination of these delicious delicate seeds may not happen easily and application of pesticides completely makes them non edible as the pesticide directly falls and settles on these greens.
To enjoy the greens as food, fodder and medicine the dry land Millet farmers always kept themselves away from these chemicals. The embedded uncultivated foods are always handy to women on their every visit to farm.
Thank you
Г-жа Salomeyesudas Buduru
Based on my experience with CSO and FAO partnership i worked in Andhra Pradesh Farmer managed groundwater Systems project.
some important aspects for success are :
challenges :
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