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Asprilla-Perea J, Díaz-Puente JM, Martín-Fernández S. Estimating the potential of wild foods for nutrition and food security planning in tropical areas: Experimentation with a method in Northwestern Colombia. Ambio. 2021;doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01624-9.
Asprilla-Perea, J., Díaz-Puente, J. M., & Martín-Fernández, S. (2021). Estimating the potential of wild foods for nutrition and food security planning in tropical areas: Experimentation with a method in Northwestern Colombia. Ambio, . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01624-9
Asprilla-Perea, Jeferson, et al. "Estimating the potential of wild foods for nutrition and food security planning in tropical areas: Experimentation with a method in Northwestern Colombia." Ambio vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01624-9
Asprilla-Perea J, Díaz-Puente JM, Martín-Fernández S. Estimating the potential of wild foods for nutrition and food security planning in tropical areas: Experimentation with a method in Northwestern Colombia. Ambio. 2021 Sep 17; doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01624-9. Epub 2021 Sep 17. PMID: 34533766; PMCID: PMC8447805.
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Ambio. 2021 Sep 17; doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01624-9. Epub 2021 Sep 17.

Estimating the potential of wild foods for nutrition and food security planning in tropical areas: Experimentation with a method in Northwestern Colombia.

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Jeferson Asprilla-Perea, José M Díaz-Puente, Susana Martín-Fernández

Affiliations

  1. Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó "Diego Luis Córdoba", Cra. 22 # 18b-10 B/ Nicolás Medrano, Ciudadela Universitaria, Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia.
  2. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Avda. Puerta de Hierro 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain. [email protected].
  3. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 34533766 PMCID: PMC8447805 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01624-9

Abstract

Wild foods contribute to the food security of multiple communities in tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. However, wild foods are not regularly considered in the planning of strategies for food and nutrition security mainly due to the lack of technical and/or scientific knowledge so that they can be considered suitable for human consumption. This paper proposes a multidisciplinary method that estimates the potential of wild foods as alternative resources when planning interventions in favour of food and nutrition security in tropical forest territories. When designing the method, four dimensions were identified in science, technology and innovation (STI) that define this potential as well as ten assessment criteria. The wild foods chosen for applying the method were Alibertia patinoi (a fruit commonly known as Borojó) and Proechimys semispinosus (Mouse of thorns), which are two of the main wild foods traditionally used by human communities in a tropical forest territory in the northwest of Colombia. In both cases, although there are significant advances in STI, compliance with some criteria is still required to regard them as viable alternatives for nutrition and food security within this territory. This research is useful for promoting the inclusion of wild food in food security programmes for communities where this food is already included in their traditional pattern of consumption and identifies the progress needed in STI to achieve this purpose. It may also promote the early recognition of possible traditional and cultural practices with high risk of transmission of pathogenic elements by the handling and/or inadequate consumption of wild foods. This early recognition could contribute to the prevention of diseases of wild animal origin, including those of rapid global spread.

© 2021. The Author(s).

Keywords: Nutrition and food security; Traditional use of biodiversity; Tropical forest; Wild food

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