NWFPS AND THEIR ROLE IN FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTH CARE

NWFPs for food and medicine Foodstuffs. In recent years, NWFPs have attracted considerable global interest because of the increasing recognition that not only can they improve rural livelihoods, household food security and nutrition, but their harvest may be more ecologically benign than that of timber. Edible NWFPs used as food staples, supplements and additives include bushmeat, honey, edible fruits and nuts, leaves, shoots, tubers, whole plants and fungi. They are important food sources for forest-dependent communities.