A dimension within Child Nutrition & Forest Foods
Concentrates on the inclusion of mahua fruit and other food items within school meal programs for students.
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By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.
By embracing our ancestral foods, language, and traditions, we can nourish our children and strengthen our community's identity and well-being.
Our community advocates for the integration of traditional, locally sourced foods into public programs to nourish children and preserve cultural heritage for future generations.
We ensure our children's well-being and cultural continuity by teaching them about the forest's bounty and the richness of our ancestral language and traditions.
In ancient times, people used to boil and eat Mahua. Mahua has many vitamins and is nutritious food. It would be good if it was given in schools.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be good if food made from Mahua (Mahula) was given in our schools.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua fruit/extract contains vitamins. It would be beneficial if given to school children to eat and if one also consumes it.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, 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
If food made from Mahua is given in schools, children will be able to get nutritious food.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, 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
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
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
It would be good if food prepared with Kendu, Amla, Char, and Mahul is given to school children.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua has vitamins. People used to eat it boiled before, and it would be good to eat it boiled now.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua is found in the forest, it is a very vitamin-rich food, it would be good to give this to children.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
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 if the government provides forest foods like Mahua, Chhar, and Kendu as food in the MDM (Mid-Day Meal scheme).
— Priti majhi
If Mahua is added to our food, it will provide vitamins.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · 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
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
It would be good if forest products like Mahua, Chaar, and Kendu were included in the preparation of our children's Mid-Day Meal.
— Priti majhi
In our school, in the mid-day meal that is provided, if we bring a beneficial extract from our forest and add those seeds, I will prepare it so that it contains many vitamin-rich things, and eating that would be very good.
— Parikshit Majhi
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 to give things made from Mahua to pregnant women and school children.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be appropriate if forest products like Mahua ladoo are prepared and served as part of the Mid-Day Meal in schools.
— Priti majhi
If school children are given boiled and fried Mahul, and Kaku mixed in water to eat, it contains vitamins.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Yes, if we make Mahula and Ladoo and give them to the school children and pregnant mothers, they will get vitamins from eating that.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be good if traditional food was given to school children.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if forest products like Mahula, Char, and Kendu were provided in mid-day meals through PDS.
— Priti majhi
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
If children are given food like Kangu, Jannasua in school, their health will be good.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
Forest fruits like Kendu, Char, and Mahul, found in the forest, are rich in nutrition. It would be beneficial to include them in students' midday meals.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Forest fruits like Kendu, Char, and Mahul, found in the forest, contain abundant nutritious food. It would be good to include them in the mid-day meals of students.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
Forest produce fruits found in the forest like Kendu, Char, and Mahula contain abundant nutritious food. It would be good to include them in students' mid-day meals.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
In the past, people used to boil and eat mahua from the village, which contained vitamins. Even now, if mahua is boiled and eaten, it will still be beneficial.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be good if local food is given to children in schools.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be good if the government provided highly nutritious foods like banana, sweet potato, yam, and sago through PDS in mid-day meals.
— anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, 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
It would be good if local food were given to children in our school.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Gajapati, Odisha
Sir/Madam, if the food 'Charal' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's midday meal for the children.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
The roots, herbs, and water chestnuts found in the forest are very vitamin-rich and nutritious foods. It would be good if these were provided in PDS and as midday meals for school children.
— Sushama Digal · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha
It would be good if forest products like Mahul, Char, and Kendu are provided through the PDS system for mid-day meals.
— Priti majhi
It would be good to give traditional food to our school children.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Mohana, Gajapati, Odisha
It would be beneficial if forest fruits, roots, Char, Dumer, and Kuddu fruits are given to school children as part of the midday meals provided in schools. Whatever term applies.
— Parikshit Majhi · Balangir, Odisha
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