Improving food security – a Pillars guide

The aim of this guide is to raise awareness of:

• the extent of post-harvest losses due to pests and diseases
• the benefits of maintaining genetic variability and traditional crop varieties
• grain banks
• new concepts of food preservation and storage

Anticipated outcomes

• local groups encouraged to try out a variety of ideas to improve grain storage
• groups encouraged to discuss introducing the idea of grain banks to improve food security, either at local or community level
• family diet and overall nutrition to be improved - the use of new techniques in preserving fruit and vegetables to be encouraged and implemented
• the use of new food processing techniques such as making jams, chutneys and juices to be introduced

Most popular sections of this guide

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• Drying root crops
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