What do children eat in the world?

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Children eat lots of different kinds of food around the world. Some dishes you may never have tasted. Other children may not have tasted what you usually eat. Let's find out what children eat in other countries.

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Kame is 13 years old and lives in northern Kenya. Kame usually starts her day by drinking a cup of hot chai tea with sugar and camel milk. Sometimes she eats some bread with it. At school, Kame and her friends eat lunch of beans, maize and rice. Beans and maize are used to make kideri.

- "It's good to have food in the middle of the day because it gives you more energy," says Kame.

For some of the children, the school lunch is the only meal they get during the day. Kame says that if her family has food left over from dinner, they give it to a neighbor who needs it. She thinks this is good and says:

- Another time, it might be our family that doesn't have enough food.

Kame is sitting in his house, next to the pot where they cook.
Kame 13 years from northern Kenya.
Kame is sitting in his house, next to the pot where they cook.
Kame 13 years from northern Kenya.
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Ezekiel

Ezekiel is 11 years old and lives in Uganda. At Ezekiel's home they usually eat rice, beans, vegetables, peanut sauce and matoke. Matoke is mashed food made from plantains. Ezekiel's favorite food is meat with rice.

Ezekiel is standing in front of a brick wall, wearing a white shirt. He looks straight into the camera and smiles.
Ezekiel 11 years from Uganda.
Ezekiel is standing in front of a brick wall, wearing a white shirt. He looks straight into the camera and smiles.
Ezekiel 11 years from Uganda.
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Vanessa

Vanessa is 12 years old and lives in Uganda. At Vanessa's home they eat sweet potatoes, rice, matoke and fish. They also eat cassava, which is a shrub that forms large tuberous roots.

Vanessa is standing in front of a brick wall. She is wearing a red and white striped short-sleeved shirt. She smiles and looks into the camera.
Vanessa is 12 years old and lives in Uganda.
Vanessa is standing in front of a brick wall. She is wearing a red and white striped short-sleeved shirt. She smiles and looks into the camera.
Vanessa is 12 years old and lives in Uganda.
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Nyaing and Suang Tong

Nyaing and Suang Tong are 11 and 12 years old and live in Laos. At home they often eat rice and sometimes noodles. They also eat a lot of vegetables and different leaves that they pick in the forest. Suang Tong loves eggs and Nyaing likes pork the most.

Nyaing is sitting on a bench with three classmates. In the background is grass and part of a building.
Nyaing is the girl second from the left.
Suang Tong stands in a farmland with a friend. Suang Tong raises his arms in the air. Both are looking at the camera.
Suang Tong is the guy who stretches his arms in the air.
Nyaing is sitting on a bench with three classmates. In the background is grass and part of a building.
Nyaing is the girl second from the left.
Suang Tong stands in a farmland with a friend. Suang Tong raises his arms in the air. Both are looking at the camera.
Suang Tong is the guy who stretches his arms in the air.
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Arbe and Ali

Arbe and Ali are 13 years old and live in Kenya. Both usually eat bread and drink tea for breakfast. For dinner, Ali's favorite dish is ugali (porridge) sukuma wiki (cooked vegetables) and meat. Arbe likes rice and cabbage the most.

Arbe and Ali are standing by a tree. Arbe is wearing a light blue veil and Ali a dark blue sweater. In the background are more trees and a lawn.
Ali is standing to the left of the tree and Arbe to the right.
Arbe and Ali are standing by a tree. Arbe is wearing a light blue veil and Ali a dark blue sweater. In the background are more trees and a lawn.
Ali is standing to the left of the tree and Arbe to the right.

Sustainable agriculture in the world

The need for food will increase as the world's population grows. At the same time, food must be distributed more fairly. Many solutions for sustainable agriculture already exist today. Here are some examples:

Many small producers, such as family farms, grow most of the world's food. In Africa, 80% of food comes from small farms, which are often poor. They need access to modern tools and environmentally friendly farming methods. They also need to grow what works when the climate changes.

Growing different things

Growing several crops at once on your land is important for sustainable agriculture. People get a variety of food and it doesn't matter if one variety doesn't grow or if the price of another drops. It also means that something is always growing on the surface, which means less erosion and fewer greenhouse gases.

This text was originally published 1 March 2020.

Published: 26 August 2024

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