The food systems of indigenous communities across the world have historically been characterised by a high degree of self sufficiency with regards to procuring and / or producing food in the regions that they inhabit. In India, many indigenous communities across the country continue to have a rich and diverse diet. They procure a variety of wild and uncultivated food from the forest and other ecosystems in which they live. Several of these communities still carry out a variety of traditional agricultural practices, uniquely attuned to their environments, which provide them with a rich diversity of crops. This diverse diet has helped ensure the health and nutritional security of these communities. The traditional food systems and traditional knowledge of the forest and other ecosystems they live in, has enabled many indigenous communities to overcome, cope with and adapt to harsh and challenging environmental and climatic conditions and events.