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    A dimension within Children's Healthy Eating

    Child Nutrition Programs

    This theme discusses the role of school food programs, including midday meals with millet, in enhancing child nutrition.

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    In your area, there's a strong collective voice advocating for a significant upgrade to the school mid-day meal program. Citizens are expressing a clear desire to introduce more nutritious and traditional foods 🍎 into children's diets. The primary concern is enhancing the health and physical development of students, which they believe can be achieved by incorporating locally relevant and culturally significant ingredients. Many suggestions highlight the inclusion of various millets (ragi, jowar, foxtail millet), indigenous grains, pulses, fresh leafy greens, and even forest products like Mahua and Kendu. These inputs propose a positive shift towards a more diverse and healthier meal plan, often suggesting these additions be made two to three days a week 🗓️ to ensure sustained nutritional benefits for all children 💡.

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of Millets (Ragi, Jowar, etc.)
    Integration of Traditional and Local Foods
    Enhancing Nutritional Value in Mid-day Meals
    Utilization of Forest Products for Nutrition
    Regular/Frequent Special Meal Days

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🌾 🍽 📈Develop and implement a revised mid-day meal menu that prominently features various millets (e.g., ragi, jowar) and other indigenous nutritious grains at least twice a week.
    • 🌳 🍲 🌱Explore the sustainable procurement and inclusion of local and forest-based nutritious items (e.g., Mahua, specific leafy greens, pulses) to diversify the nutritional profile of meals.
    • 🧑 🍳 🌍Establish clear guidelines for local schools to incorporate regional traditional recipes and seasonal produce, ensuring cultural relevance and nutritional benefits for children.
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    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.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Bring Traditional Millets to School Meals

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

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Feed Our Children Our Own Foods

    Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Revive Our Food, Revive Our Culture

    By embracing our ancestral foods, language, and traditions, we can nourish our children and strengthen our community's identity and well-being.

    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

    Nourish Futures with Our Native Grains

    To preserve our health and culture, we advocate for the inclusion of native, nutritious grains in public food programs.

    Where these voices come from

    ODISHA, INDIA91 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA5 voices CHHATTISGARH, INDIA4 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA3 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA1 voice

    Voices here

    👦 🍎 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, 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

    🧒 🥣 💪

    It would be good to provide food like millet (ragi) and pulses to school children twice a week during their midday meal.

    — 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

    🌾 🧒 💪

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

    — 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 beneficial if food items like corn and millet porridge are provided to school children for two days during the mid-day meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🧒 🍽️ 😊

    It would be good if some food is given to the school children during the midday meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, 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

    🧒 🍲 ❤️

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🏫 🌾 👍

    It would be good to provide millet-based meals twice a week for lunch at school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🧑‍🎓 🍲 😋

    It would be good if our school children were given traditional food for their midday meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🥘 👍

    It would be good if our school children are given traditional food for two days in their mid-day meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🥕 🍽️ 👧

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🥕 👍

    It would be good if children were given local food twice a week during their mid-day meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🧒 🍽️ 😊

    It would be good if our school children were given food during lunchtime.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍲 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🍚 🧒 ⭐

    It would be good if traditional food is given priority to children in mid-day meals at school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🥘 👍

    It would be good if children are given traditional food three days a week in the midday meal at school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, 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

    🍲 🏫 🧒

    It would be good if traditional food was given to school children.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🥚 🧒 💪

    It would be good if eggs and nutritious food are given to school children.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🏡 🍎 🧒

    It would be good if local food were given to children in our school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍎 🏫 ❤️

    It would be good if local food is given to children in schools.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    👧 🍽️ 💊

    It would be good if we could also provide nutritional supplements along with the midday meal to children in Mandia schools.

    — Padmini Bhoi

    🧒 🍲 😊

    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 if the government provides food to all students through the Midday Meal (MDM) scheme.

    — Priti majhi

    🏫 🍲 😊

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

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

    🧒 🍎 💪

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧑‍🎓 🍎 💪

    Students will be able to benefit if nutritious supplements are provided in the midday meal.

    — Anangaprabha Bhoi · Bangomunda, Balangir, Odisha

    🍲 🧒 👍

    It would be good if traditional food is served to children for lunch at school.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍲 🍽️

    It would be good to provide traditional food to children for their midday meal.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍎 🧒 ❤️

    It would be good to serve local food to the children of our school during lunchtime.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha

    👧 🌾 💪

    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

    🧒 🍲 ❤️

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🧒 🍲 👍

    It would be good if children are given regional food in school lunch.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🧒 🍲 😊

    It would be good to provide traditional food to school children during lunch time.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha

    🍲 🧑‍🎓 😊

    It would be good to provide traditional food to school children for lunch.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    🌽 🍽️ 🧒

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

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha

    🏫 🍲 😊

    It would be good if our school children were given traditional food for lunch.

    — SUSANTA PATTNAYAK

    Sources & credits

    The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.

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