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    The cloudNutrition & Food SecurityMahua for Children's HealthMahua & Child WellnessLocal Produce & HealthSchool & Forest MealsPreventing Child Malnutrition
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    Preventing Child Malnutrition

    This theme centers on strategies for preventing child malnutrition through healthy school meals and ensuring food security.

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    Nearby, citizens are actively suggesting enhancements for school midday meals, emphasizing a desire for more nutritious and diverse food options. The primary focus is on incorporating local, traditional ingredients such as various millets 🌾, leafy greens, and beneficial forest produce. These thoughtful recommendations aim to significantly improve children's physical and mental development by providing a richer diet. 💡 Community voices highlight the potential for these additions to make meals healthier and more appealing, thereby combating malnutrition and promoting better wellbeing among students. 🌱

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of Millets in Midday Meals
    Integration of Traditional and Local Foods
    Utilization of Forest Produce for Nutrition
    Enhancing Overall Nutritional Content
    Public Distribution System (PDS) Diversification

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌾 🍽 🍎Diversify school midday meal menus by regularly incorporating a variety of millets (e.g., ragi, kodo, foxtail millet) at least two to three times a week to boost nutritional intake.
    • 🌱 🍲 🌳Investigate and integrate local traditional foods, seasonal leafy greens, and sustainably sourced forest products into meal plans, considering regional availability and cultural preferences.
    • 🛒 🌾 👨Explore opportunities to fortify the Public Distribution System (PDS) with nutritious local grains, millets, and other beneficial food items, aligning with community suggestions for broader access.

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    ODISHA, INDIA89 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA8 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA3 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA1 voice RAJASTHAN, INDIA1 voice CHHATTISGARH, INDIA1 voice

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    🌾 👧 👍

    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

    🧑‍🎓 🍽️ 💪

    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

    🧒 🥣 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🧑‍🎓 🥣 🌾

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    👦 🍎 💪

    It would be good if nutritious food is given to school children in their mid-day meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, 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

    🌾 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    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

    🧒 🌿 💪

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

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🥬 🏫 💪

    If leafy greens like Kuilesh saag, Mudi saag, and Munga saag are provided in the mid-day meal at school, students will be able to get some nutritious food.

    — Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌽 🥣 💪

    It would be beneficial if food items like corn and millet porridge are provided to school children for two days during the mid-day meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌰 🎒 💪

    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

    👧 🌾 💪

    If children in our school are provided with foods like ragi and jowar in their lunch twice a week, their health will improve.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🧒 🥣 🧠

    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

    🧒 🍎 😊

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, 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

    🏫 🌾 👍

    It would be good to provide millet-based meals twice a week for lunch at school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    👧 🌾 💪

    If school children are given foods like ragi, foxtail millet, pearl millet, and kodo millet three days a week, their health will be good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧑‍🍳 🍲 💪

    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

    🧒 🍲 ❤️

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌳 🧒 🍽️

    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

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

    🌾 🍽️ 👍

    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

    🌳 🍲 🧒

    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

    🧑‍🎓 🍲 😋

    It would be good if our school children were given traditional food for their midday meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍚 🧒 ⭐

    It would be good if traditional food is given priority to children in mid-day meals at school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🥘 👍

    It would be good if our school children are given traditional food for two days in their mid-day meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍽️ 😊

    It would be good if some food is given to the school children during the midday meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍎 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧑‍🎓 🍎 💪

    Students will be able to benefit if nutritious supplements are provided in the midday meal.

    — Anangaprabha Bhoi · Bangomunda, Balangir, Odisha

    👧 🍽️ 💊

    It would be good if we could also provide nutritional supplements along with the midday meal to children in Mandia schools.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

    🧒 🥕 👍

    It would be good if children were given local food twice a week during their mid-day meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌾 🧒 💪

    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

    🌱 🥣 💪

    If herbal Tendu leaves, seeds, and millets can be included in the mid-day meal.

    — Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌰 🏫 💪

    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 forest products like Mahula, Char, and Kendu were provided in mid-day meals through PDS.

    — Priti majhi

    🌿 🥣 💪

    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

    🥕 🍽️ 👧

    It would be good to serve local food to school children for midday meals.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲Traditional School Meals44 voices
    🌳Forest Products & Nutrition39 voices
    🌱Millets for Child Health33 voices
    🍎Healthy Child Nutrition14 voices
    🌾Food Security & Millets10 voices
    🛒Millets in Public Distribution10 voices