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    The cloudNutrition & Food SecurityChild Nutrition & MilletsMillets for Child HealthHolistic Child NutritionLocal Ingredients in MealsChild School NutritionAnganwadi & Healthy Meals
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    A dimension within Child School Nutrition

    Anganwadi & Healthy Meals

    This theme covers the provision of healthy food and nutrition through school meals and Anganwadi centers for child health.

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    Nearby, the primary concern raised by citizens is the need to enhance the nutritional value of school midday meals and Public Distribution System (PDS) offerings. Many submissions highlight the importance of including locally sourced, traditional, and forest-based food items to improve children's physical and mental development. A strong consensus emerges around the benefits of incorporating millets (like ragi, mandua, kodo), diverse leafy greens, local fruits, and pulses into children's diets. The call is to prioritize these nutrient-rich options, moving beyond conventional meals to ensure children receive adequate nourishment. Leveraging local produce and traditional foods is seen as a key strategy to combat malnutrition and promote holistic development. 💡 This focus on healthier, locally relevant food choices offers a clear path forward for improving child nutrition. 🛣️

    Dominant Themes

    Midday Meal Nutrition
    Inclusion of Millets
    Local and Traditional Foods
    Child Health and Development
    Public Distribution System (PDS)

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🥣 🌾 🌿Integrate a diverse range of millets (ragi, mandua, kodo, etc.) and locally sourced traditional foods into the school midday meal menu at least three times a week.
    • 🌳 🍎 🍃Prioritize the inclusion of forest produce, such as seasonal fruits, leafy greens, and nuts, in midday meals and PDS, alongside staple grains and pulses.
    • 🧑 🍳 🌍Develop and promote recipes that utilize local, indigenous ingredients to enhance the nutritional and cultural relevance of school meals.
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    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Bring Traditional Millets to School Meals

    By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Feed Our Children Our Own Foods

    Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Revive Our Food, Revive Our Culture

    By embracing our ancestral foods, language, and traditions, we can nourish our children and strengthen our community's identity and well-being.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Nourish Future Generations with Forest Gifts and Ancestral Tongues

    We ensure our children's well-being and cultural continuity by teaching them about the forest's bounty and the richness of our ancestral language and traditions.

    Where these voices come from

    ODISHA, INDIA84 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA9 voices CHHATTISGARH, INDIA7 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA5 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA4 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA3 voices

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    🧒 🥣 🧠

    To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi and mandua should be included in school midday meals.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🏫 🥣 🌱

    To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi porridge, mandru, etc. are provided in the school's midday meal.

    — gobardhan pangi

    🧑‍🎓 🌾 🧠

    To provide maximum nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, finger millet will be included in school mid-day meals or traditional foods, followed by our various...

    — Rajesh Mallik · Boudh, Odisha

    🧑‍🎓 🍽️ 💪

    If ragi, millet, drumstick leaves, and jute leaves were included in the school midday meal, it would provide more nutritious food to children.

    — Parsuram Sa · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍲 🏫 💪

    Mandua, a traditional food item, should be included in the Mid-Day Meal for the physical and mental development of children in schools.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🧑‍🍳 🍲 💪

    In the mid-day meal, our Anganwadi center should prepare and provide various items using kodo, ragi, and Guruji's food, so that children get their vitamins.

    — Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 🌱

    Hemant Sha village Nilaji: Forest-based millets and Gurji traditional food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals. This will help in the mental and physical development of children.

    — RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Jagānpadar, Nuapada, Odisha

    🥬 🧒 🌱

    Include drumstick and spinach vegetable in the mid-day meal so that children's physical development will occur and they will get nutrition.

    — Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🥚 🥛 💪

    Egg and milk can be included in the food to provide nutritious meals to children in anganwadis and schools.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    👶 🌾 🌱

    Balanced and nutritious food should be provided in ragi (marwa) flour to promote the mental and physical development of children.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🧒 🍽️ 💪

    As nutritious food, we should include milk and eggs in children's school meals so that children can get complete nutritional food.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    👶 🥗 💪

    Usually, in Anganwadi centers at schools, children should generally be given fruits and various kinds of leafy vegetable preparations in the morning so that they can receive nutrients.

    — Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

    Millet is an indigenous food. If we provide millet to children as a midday meal in schools, their physical and mental wellbeing will improve.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🌳 🏫 💪

    Including food items like mahua ladoo made from mahua found in our forests in the school's midday meal can provide nutritious food to children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 👶 🍽️

    Fruits obtained from the forest are also important for the physical and mental development of children and for providing nutrition; the government should include them as traditional food items in school mid-day meals.

    — Anil Pargi · Maliya Dokar, Banswara, Rajasthan

    🧒 🍲 👍

    If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🏫 🥣 💪

    If children in school are given millet and millet cakes daily as part of their midday meal, they will maintain their nutritional intake.

    — Bisendra Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌰 🏫 💪

    If the nutritious 'char laddoo' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's mid-day meal, children will be nourished.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🥚 🧒 💪

    Eggs and milk should be included in mid-day meals so that children's nutritional needs can be met and they are fully included in the food items.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🧒 🍎 😊

    It would be good to provide food to our children through mid-day meals at school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    👧 🥦 💪

    In the mid-day meal, children at mothers' and Anganwadi centers should be given various kinds of stir-fried greens, papaya curry, fruits, etc.

    — Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

    🍎 🏫 💪

    Amla, Ber, Mukaiya, and papaya in schools for providing more nutrition to children.

    — Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🌾 🧒 💪

    Millet is a nutritious and protein-rich food. We can provide millet to children in school midday meals because it is nutritious.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🧒 🥣 💪

    It would be good to provide food like millet (ragi) and pulses to school children twice a week during their midday meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🍲 🧒 💪

    Providing traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal will keep them healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

    It would be good to provide millet-based food to school children for lunch.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍎 💪

    School children will have good health if nutritious food is provided in their midday meals.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🌿 🏫 🍎

    Including Mahula laddus made from Mahula found in our forests in school's midday meals can provide nutritious food to children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🧒 🌾 💪

    It would be good to give school children ragi and millet-based food two days a week in their midday meals.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🥣 💪

    Nutritious forest produce, such as millet, will be provided to children as part of their midday meals through the Public Distribution System.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🏫 🥣 💪

    Nutritious food for children, such as Darua dal, is provided at school.

    — Chanda

    🌳 🥣 👶

    Local forest produce such as Kendu, Char, Jamun berries, Sarala leaves, and Mahul contain nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, traditional foods like millet porridge should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, do not include packaged food and food from markets/shops to offer to guests.

    — DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌾 🥣 🧒

    Locally available foods like Pita Kanda, Bara Kali, Kendu etc. have the highest nutritional value. Which traditional foods should be included in school mid-day meals to provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children?

    — Praska Gangarao

    🌾 🤲 💪

    Nutritious food items like ragi should be introduced in mid-day meals and PDS.

    — Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

    🌳 🍽️ 🧒

    The most nutritious locally edible forest food items should be included in PDF mid-day meals, and the government wants to promote their nutritional value for children.

    — Laxmanlal

    🧒 🍎 💪

    Children's health will improve if they are given local food for their midday meal in our school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🥕 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 💪

    If local food is provided to school children in their mid-day meal, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

    If food like ragi, suva, and millet is given to school children for two days a week in their mid-day meal, their health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    👶 🍎 💪

    Nutritious food should be used in children's meals, and they should be given eggs and lentil meals once a week so that children can become strong.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Bemetara, Chhattisgarh

    🧒 🍲 ❤️

    It would be good to provide traditional food to school children in their mid-day meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

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