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02/15/2013
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Lourenco Canuto
Brazil Agency Reporter
Brasília - An international project to include native products in the diet of the people was discussed today (8) during the first meeting of the National Coordinating Committee of Project Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity for Improved Nutrition and Human Well-Being.
The idea is to show that it is possible to diversify the diet with natural products and without damaging the environment. According to the Environment Ministry, 90% of the native flora of the country are not part of the power of Brazilians, and many native species reproduce freely. The manager of the Department of Genetic Resources for Biodiversity Conservation of the ministry, Lydian Coradin, remember that 60% of global power is concentrated rice, potato, wheat and corn. Other foods are widely consumed beans, sugar cane, sugar beet, soybean, banana, sorghum, cassava and peanuts.
"There is a possibility to change the culture of the people for the consumption of many products of biodiversity, which are used only regionally, and which have often greater nutritional power over those usually employed," he said.
Besides Brazil, Turkey participating in the initiative, Kenya and Sri Lanka. The project envisages investments of U.S. $ 1.7 million in Brazil by 2016 through the United Nations Program for Environment (UNEP), the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) under the coordination of Bioversity for Food and Nutrition (BFN).
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