International Conference on Forests for Food Security & Nutrition FAO Rome, May 13-15, 2013

1. International Conference on Forests for Food Security & NutritionFAO Rome, May 13-15, 2013 Food and nutrition security from trees on farms Ludovic Conditamde, Tree Aid, Burkina Faso www.treeaid.org.uk

2. Context of food & nutritional security • Burkina Faso • =>a Sahelian county • => a food crisis • => poor harvests • 80% of the population dependent on subsistence agriculture and a high level of malnutrition • 37%of children under 5 are malnourished • 86%of people live in poverty • Some families are having to survive on just one meal a day

3. Context of food & nutritional security • Tree foods (leaves, seeds, nuts, fruits, mushrooms & honey) have been a part of rural diets for generations • Contribution to 30% of rural diets • Tree foods play a very important role in the food security of rural Sahelian households: • 100gof Baobab fruit covers a child’s recommended daily allowance of iron and potassium,92%of copper and 40%of calcium • 100g of Ziziphus Mauritania will meet a child’s RDA of calcium & iron and 30%of magnesium

4. Importance to women • Women are the most severely affected by deforestation Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) • Products (NTFPs) = the most important tree products for women & vital to food security • women collect NTFPs to supplement the diets of their families and mostly through the hungry months • Women have less access to the trees or are excluded from forest management and governance

5. Most of NTFP are well known, are part of family food habits and are subject of marketing • Calcium in 100g of fresh Moringa leaves = 4 x in 100g of milk

6. Challenges / Questions • What can be the future support focus in rural area against point of potential vulnerability to the increased climatic change? • We need further studies that can allow bettering integrate NTFPs into households’ food habits • Access to inventories on resources/knowledge re domestication of tree fruits