Nowadays food security is one of the activities the government has given priority to. Even though many articles are written and discussions are held on the subject matter, the question ‘which type of food’ is not often raised.

When talking about self dependence through food, ‘which type of food’ is a strategic question. The reason is that the way this question is answered has a direct positive or negative impact on the resources of land, water, and environment.

For instance if we need to increase our staple food which mostly are cereals , the options are limited. Either to search for more arable land or to use some fertilizers, high quality seeds, pesticides and others.

In fact food production is not the responsibility of the government rather it is of the individual. But the government has the responsibility to teach the public on how to grow food materials through the media.

Rather than increasing the cereals our country has been using as staple, we need to decrease these cereals and include other types of food as main types. It is because of food scarcity that some cereals are used as staple food nowadays.

These days, more land is used for farming. Especially on the highlands every plot even that is not arable has been used for farming. This situation is reducing the productivity of the land, and causing soil erosion. It should be noted that the soil which takes little time to erode needs years to be replaced. This shows that, if we continue to use the land like this the soil will continue to erode, a process which is already out of control.

Increasing the amount of the cereals for a major part of our diet does not provide all the nutrients that our body requires. Considering food security we should know which types are needed and by what amount. Milk and its byproducts, fruits, fish, and others are some of the food types that must be included as our main foods.

There is no need of more land to produce these food stuffs. Almost no damage to the environment can be caused by producing these food stuffs. In addition, the price of the cereals will decrease with the presence of other types of food as staple. The high demand for bread is the cause of lack of other options.

In our society food is taken to mean grains which are now needed to be changed due to their less use to our body than those like milk, its byproducts, fruit and others. The Ministry of Agriculture has to study and show the right track of farming to producers.