Millet in School Meals

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

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

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

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

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

— Padmini Bhoi

If food made from Mahua is given in schools, children will be able to get nutritious food.

— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, 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

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

The PDS midday meal provided millet as nutritious food for children to eat.

— Kusha Mahakud

In schools where midday meals are provided, if fodder from the forest is brought and made into laddus, nutritious food can be obtained.

— Parikshit Majhi

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, 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

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

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

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

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, 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

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

— Chanda

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, 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

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

It would be good to give traditional food to children in school. Midday meal.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

In Balangir district, if the available grains are made into laddoos and provided to children in Anganwadi centers as part of our mid-day meal, children will receive nutritious food by consuming those laddoos.

— Sushil Nanda · Balāngīr, Balangir, Odisha

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

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

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, 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

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

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

Children prefer local food. Nutritious food should be included in the mid-day meal based on availability.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

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

Providing millet-based food to children two days a week in their midday meal will keep them healthy.

— 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

If food made from mahua found in our forests and food from charla are included in the school's midday meal for children.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, 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

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

If traditional food is given as a midday meal to school children, they will maintain good health.

— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, 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