Indigenous plants are suited to local environmental conditions and require less maintenance to keep them healthy. 

Habitat loss is a major factor for disappearing native fruit trees. Animals such as monkeys and elephant that eat the fruit and disperse the seeds are also in decline or absent creating a need for human intervention. 

Planting indigenous fruit trees will help foster food security and support biodiversity.

Raw fruit is especially loved by children who intern benefit from essential vitamins and nutrients.

Natural tree replenishment is often hindered by fires and livestock especially goats which eat young shoots and saplings. 

Protecting saplings from farm animals using rotation strategies will give trees and pastures an opportunity to regrow and re-establish. 

Planting hedge trees on village boundaries and borders of pasture fields can create a natural fence for livestock rotation and increase crop diversity. 

Healthy food starts with healthy soil. 

Slash and burn practices are still heavily prevalent in many cultures and provide short term solutions for a long term problem. Once the land becomes infertile people abandon that area and move on to burn the next forest area.

Recycling nutrients in the form of compost as well as water harvesting strategies will provide the perfect environment for food production.