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    A dimension within Combating Child Malnutrition

    Millet & Food Programs

    This theme discusses the role of millet in nutrition, food security, and public distribution systems, especially within school meal programs.

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    In your area, citizens are keenly focused on enhancing nutritional programs. There's a strong collective voice advocating for the inclusion of diverse, traditional, and locally sourced nutritious foods in both the Public Distribution System (PDS) and Mid-Day Meal (MDM) schemes. The primary concern is to ensure children receive optimal nutrition for their physical and mental development. 🍎 Many highlight the benefits of integrating various types of millets (like Kodo, Kutki, Ragi) and indigenous pulses (such as moong, urad, horse gram) into these programs, often suggesting them for daily or weekly consumption. Furthermore, there's significant emphasis on incorporating forest-based food items like Mahua laddoos, various leafy greens, and wild fruits, which are rich in vitamins and minerals. 💡 This proactive feedback provides a clear roadmap for officials to diversify food baskets with readily available, highly beneficial local produce, fostering healthier communities. 🌿

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of Millets in PDS/MDM
    Integration of Local Pulses and Grains
    Utilization of Forest-Based Food Items
    Enhancing Nutritional Value for Children
    Promotion of Traditional Foods

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌾 🍚 📈Expand the variety of grains offered in PDS and Mid-Day Meals to include a wider range of indigenous millets and other traditional cereals for improved dietary diversity.
    • 🌱 💚 💪Incorporate locally available pulses and legumes, along with seasonal leafy greens, into the PDS and Mid-Day Meal programs to boost protein and micronutrient intake.
    • 🌳 🌰 🍎Explore and integrate nutritious forest produce, such as Mahua-based products and wild fruits, into the PDS and Mid-Day Meal schemes to leverage local food systems.

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    🌾 🤲 💪

    Millet food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌾 🍽️ 👍

    Millet should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Millet food should be included in PDS and midday meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🏛️ ➕ 🌾

    The government should include millet in PDS or mid-day meals.

    — Kusha Mahakud

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

    🌾 🤲 🍽️

    Kodo, kutki, maize porridge, along with horse gram, moong, and rahat dal, should be given in mid-day meals and also included in the PDS.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌱 🍽️ 💪

    The most nutritious locally available moong dal and urad dal should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

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    — AbhiLL Ipsa

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Millet and horse gram should be included in the midday meal.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Kodo kutki, maize, wheat, and kulthi and pigeon pea grown in our region should also be included in mid-day meals and PDS.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Our traditional nutritious food like kodo, kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, etc., as khichdi and dalia should be given in mid-day meals, and it would be great if the government also includes such grains in PDS.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌽 🤝 💪

    The government should promote the most nutritious foods easily available in our region, such as kodo, kutki, maize, along with tur dal, gram, and horse gram lentils, and include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🤝 💪

    Our native little millet, kodo, maize, sorghum, arhar, urad, kulthi, moong, and soybean should also be included in the government's ration card and in our school's midday meal.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🫘 🏫 💪

    Moong dal is a nutritious food, it should be included in school mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🥣 🏫 💪

    Moong dal is a nutritious food. It should be included in school mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar

    🌾 🤲 🍽️

    While promoting our traditional grains, the government should also include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 📦 💪

    The traditional nutritious food of our community like Kodo, Kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, arhar, sesame, masoor, moong, chana, batla etc. should be included in PDS (Public Distribution System) and mid-day meals, and the government should promote them.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🍽️ 🌟

    Kodo, kutki, maize, and sorghum porridge, and also indigenous pulses, should be included in the midday meal, and it would be very good if the government promotes them.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🥣 🚚

    Amla pickle should be included in mid-day meals among local forest food items, and traditional produce like Kodo, Kutki, maize, and pulses like Kurthi, Moong, Chana, and Rahar should be included in PDS.

    — Rupesh Maravi

    🌾 🍽️ 👍

    Request to the government: It would be good if food prepared from ragi/millet is provided in PDS midday meals.

    — PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

    🧒 🥣 🧠

    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

    🌾 🏫 💪

    Coarse food items, Batti Ravi, Kulthia's Ghugri, etc., should be added in schools and Anganwadi centers.

    — Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🍽️ 🤝

    Our traditional crops like Kodo, Kutki, maize, Rahar, Kurthi, chickpeas, and other pulses should also be given in schools and Anganwadi centers under the Midday Meal Scheme, and they should also be promoted by the government.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

    🧒 🥣 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌾 🥣 🤲

    Lentils and wheat should be provided for midday meals and in the society.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🌾 🏫 😋

    Ragi, bhadi, and kodra kheer and rabri should be included in schools.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌾 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🤲 💪

    It would be good to provide nutritious food like finger millet in meals.

    — PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

    🌰 🤲 🍽️

    Include forest-based food items such as Mahua laddoo, Chaar laddoo, Fuljhi, etc., in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · 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

    🌳 🤲 🍚

    To include forest-based foods like Mahua ladoo, Char ladoo, Phuljhi, etc., in PDS and midday meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌾 🏫 👍

    Yes, our local foods like Kodo, Kutki, and wheat porridge should also be included in the midday meal, and the government should also promote similar food items.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🧒 🌾 💪

    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

    🤝 🍬 🍽️

    The government should promote laddoos made from Mahapul in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.

    — SUKDEV HEMBRAM

    🌾 🥣 ✨

    Our traditional crops like Kodo, Kutki, Maize, Jowar, Bajra, Kangni, Rahar, and Kurthi should be included in mid-day meals and the PDS, and if the government also promotes them, it can definitely happen.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

    🧑‍🎓 🥣 🌾

    It would be good to provide millets like Suan, Mandia, Kangu, Bargudi Badi to school children for three days a week in their midday meals.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌾 👧 👍

    It would be good if foods like ragi, millet, and Sua are given to school children in the mid-day meal two days a week.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌾 🤝 💪

    It should be ensured that items such as millet, other commodities, and 'Kori' are included in the Public Distribution System for health.

    — संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

    🏛️ 🍌 🍽️

    It would be good if the government provided highly nutritious foods like banana, sweet potato, yam, and sago through PDS in mid-day meals.

    — anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, Odisha

    🫘 🏛️ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

    Chickpea and Mahua food items should be provided by the government under PDS.

    — bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌱 ❤️ ➕

    Mahua is one of the most nutritious food items, which is very beneficial for our health. Along with this, coarse grains (millets) are also beneficial for health. They should be included. PDS.

    — संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

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