Some 3 billion people in the world live outside the cash economy in the world’s poorest nations. Food security and regular supply are their daily concerns. Chronic malnutrition is a leading cause of death and disease for them. Young children are amongst the most affected. One child every 5-10 seconds dies from undernutrition. Vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness for someone every minute. Most people in tropical and subtropical countries are iron deficient.
It does not have to be this way. God has already provided the right plants growing in their right places to sustain people in every place on his earth.
Our goal is to provide information that enables people to choose the right plant for their environment, to give them stable food production and a greater choice of plants to enrich their diets and improve their nutritional wellbeing.
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Fruit trees in arid areas of Ghana
Ghana has a population of about 30 million people. There are slightly over 1,200 edible plant species currently growing in Ghana. But life gets more difficult in the drier Sahel zone to the north of the country.
There are possibly 4-5 million people who live in this more arid zone. Tree are important for protecting the soil and reducing the spread of the desert. As well they often provide firewood for cooking and wood for houses. But as well there are a number of trees that produce edible parts.
It is merely a selection from our database of edible plants of the world. (www.foodplantsinternational.com) Our database now has 31,499 edible plant species for every country of the world. Of these 1,224 are recorded as growing in Ghana. But many won’t grow in the drier arid areas. In fact we have 390 edible plant species that do occur in arid areas in Ghana and we have just chosen 113 fruit trees that occur in arid areas of Ghana.
This booklet only covers trees of the arid zones in Ghana that produce edible fruit.
Edible leaves in Vietnam
2024, Bruce R French, Food Plants International
- Some are used as vegetables
- Some for flavouring
- Some are used to make tea drinks
- They are added to soups and stews
- Usually it is the young leaves that are used
- Often a mixture of leaves are eaten together
- Normally cook all leaves to remove bacteria and destroy poisons like cyanide
Brief Guide for Magdelana Milpas Altas region - 1/05/2024
This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants for healthy diets in Magdelana Milpas Altas region. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are very good quality food. Unfortunately, people often reject traditional food plants and grow more of the introduced vegetables. The principle behind Food Plant Solutions is to encourage the use of local plants. The health, well-being and food security of a nation requires making the best use of all available food plant resources.
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Miombo Woodlands Fruit Trees - 20/01/2013
These trees are adapted to poor soils, so grow less-well with fertilisers and irrigation.
