Publication Date: 2024/02/01
Abstract: The knowledge of indigenous foods is very important for sustainable transformation of global food system, but it remains continually under emphasized in policies and practice. Improved comprehension of local indigenous food system alongside an all-inclusive repetition of its conservation as well as political enunciation of indigenous representation is key to ensuring the passage of this knowledge the between generations. Secondary data collection was used for this review which was exhaustive. Research has it that Indigenous people conserve about 80% of the world’s biodiversity especially in food and their knowledge systems have advanced side by side the ecosystems, guiding most agricultural and other livelihood practices. The survival of children after a plane crash in the amazon rainforest, called for a probe on how these children survived the forest for forty days. The aim if this study is to review briefly and show the need to include indigenous knowledge of local foods in our primary school curriculum, as a support food system and a coping strategy in adverse nutrition emergencies. Lessons from the amazon plane crash survivors (the amazon miracle children). Using the review method of study, the research on this study found out that, the children aged between 1-9years, survived on high energy flour called yuca and farine which was left on the crashed plane, they also did eat fruits from the forest to get their micronutrients, they ensured that they had drinking water to avoid organ damage, and also protected themselves from infections. The children’s indigenous knowledge of local foods, helped them to know what foods to eat and which not to so as to avoid poisoning. These knowledge if included in primary curriculum could help boost children’s nutritional status, reduce malnutrition, and intervene in dare nutrition emergency situations.
Keywords: Farine, Yuca, Curriculum, Amazon.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10638113
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT24JAN550.pdf
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