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    A dimension within Local School Nutrition

    Mahua for Children

    This theme discusses the incorporation of mahua and other local ingredients into school food programs for children's health.

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    In your area, citizens are actively advocating for a significant enhancement of the school midday meal program. The primary concern is ensuring children receive more nutritious and locally-sourced food to improve their physical and mental development. There's a strong consensus around incorporating traditional and forest-based food items like Mahua, various millets (ragi, kodo, pearl millet), pulses, and even eggs and milk into the meals. These suggestions aim to leverage indigenous resources and dietary practices 🌾 to boost children's health and well-being. The community believes that by embracing these local and nutritious options, children will not only eat better but also become more intelligent and healthier. 💡 This presents a clear opportunity to revitalize the midday meal program with sustainable, community-driven food solutions. 🌱

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of Mahua and forest products
    Integration of millets and traditional grains
    Emphasis on local and regional food sourcing
    Improving child nutrition and health
    Enhancement of midday meal programs

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌳 🍲 💡Initiate pilot programs in schools to integrate locally available forest products like Mahua, Chironji, and Kendu, and traditional grains such as ragi and various millets into the midday meal menu.
    • 📚 👩 🍳Develop comprehensive guidelines and training for school and anganwadi staff on preparing nutritious meals using diverse local ingredients, including seasonal greens and pulses, ensuring dietary variety and cultural relevance.
    • 🤝 🏘 📈Explore partnerships with local communities and self-help groups for sustainable sourcing and preparation of traditional food items, fostering economic empowerment alongside nutritional benefits.

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    🌰 🏫 💪

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

    — 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

    🌿 🏫 🍎

    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

    🧒 🍎 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

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    🧒 🍲 👍

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍎 😊

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🥕 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌰 🎒 💪

    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

    🌳 🥣 🍎

    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

    🏫 🥣 💪

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

    — Chanda

    👦 🍎 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍎 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🥕 🍽️ 👧

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🫘 🏫 💪

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍲 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🥣 🏫 💪

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar

    🧑‍🎓 🍽️ 💪

    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

    🍲 🧒 💪

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

    — 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

    🏫 🥣 💪

    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

    🌾 🧒 💪

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

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🧒 🍲 ❤️

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌸 🥣 👶

    It would be beneficial to give food items made from Mahua to pregnant women, children, and school children.

    — Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🧒 🍲 😊

    It would be good to provide traditional food to the children of our region in school midday meals.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍲 ❤️

    It would be good to give traditional food to our school children.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, 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

    🥚 🥛 💪

    Egg and milk can be included in the food to provide nutritious meals to children in anganwadis and schools.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🏫 🍲 😊

    It would be good to provide traditional food to our school children in school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Lobersing (Phuntsokling Tibetan settlement), Gajapati, 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

    🌽 🍽️ 🧒

    It would be good to serve local food during lunch for school children.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, 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

    🍲 🧒 🏫

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 🧒 ❤️

    Providing traditional food twice a week to children in school's midday meal will improve their health.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · 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

    🧒 🌳 🍽️

    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

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