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Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:28:36 +0000
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This is Nkwah Azinwi Ngum, again. Just to add to the reactions of Arbab Ghulam Qadir (Message 20):

It is very true that small  farmers have grown into the habit of consuming less nutritious food even in the face of increased incomes.

In Cameroon, based on my observations, rural communities would prefer consuming cereals like corn on a daily base instead of vegetables or having a mix and the consequences of this are malnutrition in all its forms, especially among the children.

I would also strongly suggest that efforts to eradicating  food insecurity should involve aspects of raising awareness on nutritious food in rural communities (small farmers)

As a freelance community worker, I have sometimes now engaged with communities especially women to educate them on nutritious feeding habits so that they can be food  secured even in the face of poverty

Nkwah Azinwi Ngum
MSc Environmental Economics, Rural development and agrifood, University of Yaounde II
Union Farms of Africa
Bomaka Buea
Cameroon
www.unionfarmsofafrica.com
+237 675154340
Email: ngumazinwi (at) yahoo.com

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