A dimension within Local Greens & Health
Highlights the importance of fruits and vegetables in a healthy diet and promotes nutritious food choices.
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Promote beans, fruit, and leafy vegetables.
— Sunita Kumari
One should consume leafy vegetables and fruits.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Green leafy vegetables and fruits should be consumed.
— Sunita Kumari
Promoting beans, fruits, and leafy vegetables
— Sunita Kumari
Beans, fruit, and almonds should be promoted.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Every fruit, flower, leaf, tuber, and leafy vegetable obtained from nature contains sufficient nutrients, so these should be included.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha
It is necessary to include a lot of green and leafy vegetables, fruits, eggs, and fish.
— Sunita Kumari
Nutritious food items include almonds, chia seeds, and citrus fruits.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Nutritious food items include almonds and citrus fruits.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The most nutritious local food items to be included in PDS and Mid-Day Meal are pulses, as they are an excellent source of protein, fiber, and essential minerals. Additionally, leafy green vegetables like spinach, and local seasonal fruits like guava, berries, and dates should also be included as they are rich in vitamins.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.
— Kachala Choudhary
Pulses, millet, grains, and green leafy vegetables
— Maya kumari Damor
Every nutritious fruit, root, leaf, and vegetable from the forest should be promoted by the government.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Katarbaga, Sambalpur, Odisha
Using all the fruits, flowers, leaves, greens, and root vegetables obtained from nature's forests in lunch can provide more nutritious food.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
If the government pays attention to nutritious food, it should focus on pulses, sesame, urad dal, and similar items, so that proper nutrition can be obtained.
— Ranu begam · Pamgarh, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh
We need to promote nutrition.
— Anangaprabha Bhoi · Bangomunda, Balangir, Odisha
Nutritious diet from the forest: seasonal fruits, jamun, mahua, mango, charoli, jaggery, peanuts, and Shegaon vegetables.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
In our region, seasonal produce such as grains, pulses, spinach, and green leafy vegetables have been part of our diet, which promotes nutrition, good digestion, and immunity.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
We should include regular nutritious food in our daily routine.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We should use nutritious foods in our daily diet that are available locally.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
Here, dal rice, green vegetables, egg, and fish are among the most nutritious foods.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
One should include Kuri, Bajri, Kodra, Bati, and Maal in vegetarian food items because they are natural remedies and beneficial for the body's health.
— संगीता मीणा · Dachki Jaswantpura, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Pulses, vegetables, sweet potato, and cassava are beneficial.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Lentils, vegetables, sweet potato, and cassava are beneficial.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It is true that bringing vegetables and leafy greens from the forest provides nutritious food for a growing body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We should plant all these fruits like mangoes and guavas. By planting these fruits, we will get fruits to eat and also gain benefits.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our most nutritious locally available food items, which should include wheat, maize, and pure fresh food, and be promoted by the government.
— Laxmanlal
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
Let's cultivate and eat barnyard millet, little millet, and wheat. They contain vitamins, and the body will remain healthy.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
In our forest, fruits, roots, leaves, flowers, and leafy vegetables grow naturally. There are no chemicals in them, and they are completely nutritious. It would be good to serve them for lunch.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
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
Locally available food items that can be included as nutritious meals. Such as Tikhur, Kanda, Chironji, and Amla preserve.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
We should plant fruits like mango, guava, and similar ones, because by planting these, we will get fruits to eat and also gain access to clean air.
— Kamleah Kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Pulses, eggs, sattu, fruits, millets, corn, and milk are necessary. Good nutritious food is essential for overall development and promotes body growth by creating new cells.
— Naukeshi Sahu
The government should include locally available fruits, papaya, and other items in PDS.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Wheat, moong, millet, and corn – all these foods should be given because they contain a large amount of vitamins.
— Anirudha Marai · Sambalpur, Odisha
The govt should include green leaves, roots and millers can be introduced in PDS and MDM for better protein adding in infant food.
— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha
Lentils, rice, bread, milk, yogurt, then we will be healthy.
— deena rawat · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
This is nutritious food. Papaya vegetable, spinach greens, and drumstick vegetable are excellent. This will keep children healthy and strong.
— Chanda · Baghauri, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.

By cherishing and utilizing the traditional foods and herbs found in our forests and lands, we can sustain ourselves and combat malnutrition while preserving our natural heritage.

By preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.

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

By integrating diverse farming practices with deep knowledge of local forest foods, we ensure our community's sustenance and future well-being.
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.