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    Millets in School Meals

    This theme focuses on the nutritional value of millets and traditional foods, especially in the context of school meals and child health.

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    Nearby, a strong and unified voice from the community emphasizes the critical need to enhance children's nutrition through school midday meals and the Public Distribution System (PDS). There's a clear opportunity to improve the health and well-being of students by systematically incorporating traditional, local, and highly nutritious foods into these programs 🍎. Citizens are particularly keen on seeing diverse millets, various indigenous forest produce like Mahua and Kendu, and nutrient-rich leafy greens and pulses integrated. This proactive approach not only leverages accessible, indigenous food sources but also promises to significantly boost the physical and mental development of children, fostering a healthier future for the community 💡🌿.

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of Millets in School Meals
    Utilization of Local & Traditional Foods
    Integration of Forest Produce
    Enhancing Children's Health & Development
    Strengthening Midday Meal & PDS Programs

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌾 🗓 🍽Establish a structured plan to regularly integrate diverse indigenous millets (e.g., ragi, foxtail, kodo) into school midday meals and the PDS, aiming for at least two to three servings per week.
    • 🌳 🤝 🍲Develop sustainable procurement channels for local forest produce (like Mahua, Kendu) and nutrient-rich traditional greens to enrich the nutritional content of school meals.
    • 📚 👨 👩Launch educational initiatives to inform parents, teachers, and children about the health benefits of consuming traditional and indigenous food items.

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    🌾 🧒 💪

    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 items like millet, maize, and corn are provided in the school's midday meal, health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    👧 🌾 💪

    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

    🌾 🥣 💪

    Including millet, foxtail millet, and sorghum twice a week in the school's midday meal would keep health good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌾 🏫 💪

    Providing millet ladoo and janna mua three times a week in the school's midday meal will keep health good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍲 👍

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

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    If children are given millet and tribal food two days a week in school midday meals, their health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 👧 💪

    Giving millet and ragi-based food to school children twice a week will keep them healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🥕 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

    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

    🧒 🍎 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 🧒 💪

    If traditional food is given to children in midday meals, their health will remain good.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

    🌱 ❤️ ➕

    Mahua is one of the most nutritious food items, which is very beneficial for our health. Along with this, coarse grains (millets) are also beneficial for health. They should be included. PDS.

    — संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

    🌾 🧒 💪

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

    — Padmini Bhoi

    👶 🌾 💪

    Children's health will improve if they are given cereal-based food for their midday meal. Giving cereal-based food will maintain good health.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    👧 🌾 💪

    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

    🏫 🥣 💪

    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

    🧑‍🎓 🥣 🌾

    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

    🌰 🏫 💪

    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

    🍲 👧 💪

    If we give traditional food to school children for lunch, they will remain healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🍎 💪 🧑‍🎓

    Mahul, char, and sargi have a lot of vitamins. Our bodies used to stay healthy by eating them. It would be good if the government provides food to students.

    — Laxmi Bagh · 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

    🍲 👶 💪

    If traditional foods are given for lunch, children's health will be very good.

    — Basanti · Nayagarh, Odisha

    🧒 🌾 💪

    Our children will remain healthy if they are given millet food twice a week.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🌾 🧒 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    👶 🍚 💪

    If rice gruel, potato, etc., are given to children, their weight will increase, and their health will be good.

    — Basanti · Nayagarh, 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

    🍚 🌿 💪

    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

    🧒 🌾 💪

    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 foods like ragi, millet, and Sua are given to school children in the mid-day meal two days a week.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🍲 🧒 💪

    Giving traditional food to school children for lunch will keep them healthy.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    By including finger millet in the midday meal, one can benefit from nutritious food.

    — Lily Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🧑‍🎓 🥣 💪

    Our school children will remain healthy if they are given ragi-based food twice a week.

    — 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

    🥦 💪 👶

    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

    🫘 🏫 💪

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

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