A dimension within Local Child Nutrition
This cluster addresses broader food security and provision strategies, especially for children, incorporating local and traditional foods.
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Children do not eat because nutritious foods eaten locally in our village, such as dal, bhaji, jowar roti, bajra roti, etc., are not provided. The government should make locally consumed nutritious food available.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Children do not eat at our village's anganwadi because locally consumed nutritious food, such as lentils, vegetables, and jowar, are not provided. The government should include locally consumed nutritious food in the nutritional diet.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Now, not much food is available in the forest, but our community's traditional grains like Kodo Kutki khichdi, dalia, and Tur, Chana, and Masoor dals should be included in the PDS, and our children should also receive these in their midday meals.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
In our area, forest produce is not available like in PDS and MDM. It is better to cultivate organic nutrition gardens in every family and school.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
In our region, forest food items that are nutritious are not found in such a way, due to which we cannot include them in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Now, nothing is found even in the hills. But if our traditional food items like Kodo and Kutki (millets) were provided through the PDS, then our children would remain strong.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Nutritious wild food items are not found in our area, which we can include in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Sunil oraon · Verno, Gumla, Jharkhand
The government scheme's food grain vehicle is not being brought to the village, so there is a problem of food grains for our village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem with Anganwadi in the village. Children in small villages do not go to school to eat the porridge. So our problem is that an Anganwadi building should be built.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Children in the village are not receiving proper nutritious food, as per the menu.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
The problem in the village is that food grain vehicles are not delivering supplies. Food grains should be delivered to our village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
Forest produce is not available in our area. Every family should get access to school and the nutrition garden scheme.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
There is a problem with the Anganwadi building in the village. There are young children in the village, but because the building has not been constructed, they cannot go to school to eat porridge.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
There is a problem in this village. Food grains are not brought and delivered to this village, and people have to go 7 kilometers to fetch them. The problem is that food grains should reach this village.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey
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
Local forest produce such as Kendu, Chaar, Jamu Kali, and Mahul contain nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, wild leafy greens and traditional foods should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, we do not include packaged food and items from markets/shops to offer to guests.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Local forest produce like Kendu, Char, Jamun berries, Mahula contain nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, wild leafy greens and traditional foods from the forest should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, we do not include packaged food and items from markets/shops to offer to guests.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Local forest Kendu, Char, Jamu Kali, Mahul contain nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, wild leafy greens and traditional foods should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, you do not include packaged food and food from the market/shop to offer to guests.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Local forest produce like Kendu, Chaar, Jamukoli, and Mahul are rich in nutrients. Wild leafy greens and traditional foods should be included in school midday meals to provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children. During festivals, we do not provide packaged food and market/shop items to guests.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Sir, what kind of nutritious food should the government provide us through PDS? And in schools, definitely in the midday meal, and millet, root vegetables, then forest produce, which are fruits, if these are definitely given to the students as encouragement, then the children's malnutrition can be eliminated.
— Dillip pujari · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
Local forest Kendu, Char, Jamu Kali, Mahul are rich in nutrients. Wild leafy vegetables and traditional foods should be included in school mid-day meals to provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children. During festivals, you are not including packaged foods and items from markets/shops to offer to guests.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Local forest produce such as Kendu, Chaar, Jamu fruits, and Mahul contain nutrients essential for children's physical and mental development. Therefore, wild leafy greens and traditional foods should be included in school midday meals to provide more nutrition. You are not including packaged foods and items from markets/shops to offer to guests during festivals and celebrations.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Local forest products like Kendu, Char, Jamu Kali, and Mahua contain nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, wild leafy vegetables and traditional foods should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, you do not include packaged food and items from the market/shops to offer to guests.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
In my village, there are many wild fruits and vegetables that should be included in school meals, in the midday meal. This is a request to the government.
— Jaya · Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Wild food items found in our area are quite nutritious, but they cannot be included in mid-day meals and PDS shops.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Name - Sarangadhar Pradhan, Village - Gasaguda, Gram Panchayat - Jiridikia, Block K. Nuagaon, District Kandhamal. In our village, the food items lacking in the forest are Sahada fruit, Kendu fruit, Jamu Koli (Java Plum), Siali fruit, and Siti Kusha Saag (a type of leafy green), which are not available!
— Rajib Pradhan · Phiringia, Kandhamal, Odisha
Kharhara Gram Panchayat. At our Anganwadi center, children do not receive any nutrition-related items. It would be very good if they started receiving them.
— सरस्वती
Local forest products like Kendu, Char, Jamu Kali, and Mahul are rich in nutrients. To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, wild leafy greens and traditional foods should be included in school mid-day meals. During festivals, you do not include packaged food and items from the market/shop to offer to guests.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Nutritious forest food items are not found in our area because very few forests are left here.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
The most nutritious available wild products, wild food items, are not found here and cannot be included in PDS and mid-day meals.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Local forest produce such as Kendu, Char, Jamun berries, and Mahul are rich in nutrients. Wild edible greens and traditional foods should be included in school mid-day meals to provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children. During festivals, you don't include packaged foods and market/shop items to offer to guests.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
In our village, the Anganwadi lacks facilities, so if improvements are made, education will get better and children will eat well.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
In our area, no such forest produce is found, but due to kitchen gardens provided by the government in every school, children can get fresh vegetables.
— Krishna pada mahato · Purulia, West Bengal
Green vegetables should be used more in schools because there is an iron deficiency and some children are becoming victims of malnutrition.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
My name is Sukanti Pradhan. My village is Lambakupa. GP is Pikorodi. Block is Tikabali. District is Kandhamal. In our rural areas, the main food items that were cultivated, such as ragi, millet, maize, black gram, and green gram, did not require fertilizer. That's why our ancestors lived for a long time. Currently, because we are not cultivating our traditional food seeds, many kinds of diseases are occurring. So, if we can get traditional food and seeds from the government, then we can return to our previous state.
— Sunita Pradhan · Tikabali, Kandhamal, Odisha
Hemant Sha village Nilaji: Forest-based millets and Gurji traditional food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals. This will help in the mental and physical development of children.
— RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Jagānpadar, Nuapada, Odisha
Some families are not receiving ration food grains.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
The local forest foods most crucial for tackling severe malnutrition are Charo, Kendu, and Pitalukanda, which should be promoted by the government by providing them in PDS and midday meals.
— Pankajini Chhatria
The most nutritious wild food items are not available here because there are very few forests around. And it doesn't seem that all those PDFs and such are here.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
It would be better to provide local food to school children in midday meals.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK
