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    A dimension within Child School Nutrition

    Forest Foods & Security

    This theme explores the role of forest foods and products in mid-day meals to ensure child nutrition and food security.

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    Nearby, a strong consensus emerges regarding the enhancement of nutritional programs for school children. Citizens highlight the significant opportunity to enrich the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) and Public Distribution System (PDS) by incorporating nutritious local forest products and traditional grains 🌿. The primary concern is addressing childhood malnutrition, and the proposed solution leverages readily available, vitamin-rich items such as Mahua, Kendu, various yams, and indigenous millets. This initiative is viewed as a way to not only provide better nutrition but also to promote local food systems and improve children's overall health and intelligence 💡. Implementing these suggestions could lead to a significant positive impact on community well-being.

    Dominant Themes

    Integration of forest products in MDM/PDS
    Enhancing children's nutrition and health
    Utilization of traditional and local food resources
    Specific forest products (Mahua, Kendu, Char)
    Promotion of millets and tubers

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 📜 🌳 🍽Develop and implement a policy framework to systematically integrate locally available, nutritious forest produce and traditional grains into the Mid-Day Meal and Public Distribution System.
    • 🔬 🍎 📣Conduct comprehensive nutritional assessments of proposed forest foods to validate their benefits and launch awareness campaigns for parents and children on healthy eating with local produce.
    • 🤝 🌾 🚚Establish mechanisms for local procurement and processing of identified forest products and traditional grains to support local economies and ensure fresh, high-quality food delivery.

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    ODISHA, INDIA95 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA7 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA2 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA1 voice UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA1 voice

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    🌳 🍲 🧒

    It would be good if the government provides forest foods like Mahua, Chhar, and Kendu as food in the MDM (Mid-Day Meal scheme).

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🤲 🍲

    It would be good if forest products like Mahula, Char, and Kendu were provided in mid-day meals through PDS.

    — Priti majhi

    🏛️ 🌳 🍽️

    It would be good if the government provides forest foods like honey, Chaar, and Kendu as food in the midday meal.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 📦 🍽️

    It would be good if forest products like Mahul, Char, and Kendu are provided through the PDS system for mid-day meals.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍲 🧒

    It would be good if forest products like Mahua, Chaar, and Kendu were included in the preparation of our children's Mid-Day Meal.

    — Priti majhi

    🌰 🎒 💪

    If forest-based foods like Mahua, Chironji, and Kendu were prepared and given to our school children in their Mid-Day Meal, it would be beneficial.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍎 🧑‍🎓

    Forest produce fruits found in the forest like Kendu, Char, and Mahula contain abundant nutritious food. It would be good to include them in students' mid-day meals.

    — Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌳 🍎 🍽️

    Forest fruits like Kendu, Char, and Mahul, found in the forest, contain abundant nutritious food. It would be good to include them in the mid-day meals of students.

    — DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌳 🍎 🧑‍🎓

    Forest-produced fruits like Kendu, Char, and Mahula, found in the forest, contain a large amount of nutritious food. It would be excellent to include these in students' midday meals.

    — Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🌿 🥣 💪

    It would be good if all the nutritious foods found in the forest such as Lepherasā, Kachar sāg, Gukurijīv sāg, Kaḍī, Heḍuā, Chhati, Ruguḍā are added to the Mid-Day Meal PDS.

    — RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌸 🏛️ 🥣

    Among forest products, Mahua is also a nutritious food. It would be good if the government utilizes this Mahua in various ways and provides it in school mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Forest fruits like Kendu, Char, and Mahul, found in the forest, are rich in nutrition. It would be beneficial to include them in students' midday meals.

    — Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

    🎁 🌳 😋

    If the government provides forest food like honey and some other forest produce as part of the midday meal, it would be good.

    — Priti majhi

    🏛️ 🌳 🍽️

    It would be good if the government promoted these most nutritious forest foods like bananas, karadi, and kandhamula in PDS (Public Distribution System) and mid-day meals.

    — anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, Odisha

    🌿 🤲 💪

    The roots, herbs, and water chestnuts found in the forest are very vitamin-rich and nutritious foods. It would be good if these were provided in PDS and as midday meals for school children.

    — Sushama Digal · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

    🍄 🏫 💪

    The aquatic plants, tubers, mushrooms, and all other forest products found in the forest are nutritious food. Therefore, if we can add this food to PDS and school mid-day meals, it would be very good.

    — Sushama Digal · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍬 🍽️

    Request to the government: It would be good if forest products like Mahua, Char, Kendu, and Kaku were made into ladoos and provided in the BDS mid-day meal.

    — Priti majhi

    🍎 🤲 🧒

    It would be good if the government distributes the four valuable Kendu fruits found in the forest as food for children in areas where midday meals are not available.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍬 👧

    Request to the government: It would be good if forest products like Mahul, Chara, Kina, and Kaku were made into ladoos and given in BDS midday meals.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🧒 🍽️

    It would be beneficial if forest fruits, roots, Char, Dumer, and Kuddu fruits are given to school children as part of the midday meals provided in schools. Whatever term applies.

    — Parikshit Majhi · Balangir, Odisha

    🌳 👧 🧠

    If we talk about the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, and Kendu as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), then children will eat it and become intelligent.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    If forest foods like Char, Mahua, Kendu, Mango, and Jam are added to PDS and mid-day meals, consumers will get nutritious food.

    — RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🥣 🧠

    Speaking of the most nutritious food, if the government provides our forest products like Mahul, Char, Kendu, etc., as food in MDM (Mid-Day Meal), children will eat them and become intelligent/wise.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🏫 🍽️

    It would be appropriate if forest products like Mahua ladoo are prepared and served as part of the Mid-Day Meal in schools.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🎁 🧒

    It would be good if the government distributed the four Kendu, which are heroes and a food source in the forest, to children as supplementary food for their midday meals.

    — Priti majhi · SKIP NO LOCATION

    🌰 🏫 💪

    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

    🏛️ 🍌 🍽️

    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

    🌳 🏫 💪

    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

    🌿 🏫 🍎

    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

    🌿 🥣 💪

    In our school, in the mid-day meal that is provided, if we bring a beneficial extract from our forest and add those seeds, I will prepare it so that it contains many vitamin-rich things, and eating that would be very good.

    — Parikshit Majhi

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Including ladoos made from Mahua, a food found in our forests, in the school's mid-day meal will be nutritious for children.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🍠 🍽️ 💪

    Forest yams contain the most nutritious food. It would be good if this is used in PDS and children's mid-day meals.

    — Kunakanta Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 👧

    If the government distributes forest foods like Mahua, Kendu, and other such forest produce to children as PDS food.

    — Priti majhi

    🧒 🌿 💪

    It would be good if food prepared with Kendu, Amla, Char, and Mahul is given to school children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Mahua flowers and other foods obtained from the forest are very nutritious. Therefore, it is appropriate to include these foods in PDS or mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 🍚

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

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 🧒

    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

    🌳 👶 🍽️

    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 the government distributes forest foods like Mahua, Kendu, Chaar, etc. as PDS food to children.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 ➕ 🍽️

    Fruits found in the forest such as Jamun, Custard Apple, Mahua, Chawar, etc., should be added to the Midday Meal.

    — Gopal

    🌰Forest Food Security60 voices
    🍽️Local Food Programs23 voices
    👶Preventing Child Malnutrition19 voices
    🍲Traditional Local Meals19 voices
    🌳Forest Products in Meals18 voices
    🍎School Meal Supplements11 voices