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Forests for improved nutrition and food security

Year of publication 2016

Pages 12p.

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Forestry Department)

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) What is food security? FAO defines food security as a state where all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. The four pillars of food security are availability, access, utilization and stability. The nutritional dimension is integral to the concept of food security. What is a forest? A forest is an ecosystem dominated by trees and other woody vegetatio n. FAO defines a forest as a minimum of 1 ha in size, with at least 10 percent crown cover and with mature trees at least 2 m tall. The definition explicitly includes open woodlands, such as those found in the African Sahel.

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