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    A dimension within PDS & Forest Food Security

    Forest Foods in PDS

    This theme examines the role of forest foods and local produce within public distribution systems and midday meal programs for nutrition.

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    Nearby, citizens are actively advocating for the integration of nutritious local forest foods and traditional crops into government food programs. The primary concern is to enhance the health and well-being of children and communities by utilizing readily available, indigenous produce. There's a strong desire to see items like Mahua ladoo, various millets, wild fruits, and leafy greens included in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and Mid-Day Meal (MDM) schemes 💡. This proactive engagement highlights a significant opportunity to both combat malnutrition and support local economies and traditional farming practices, offering a sustainable and culturally relevant approach to food security 🌿. The voices suggest that providing these foods will lead to healthier, more intelligent children and empower local producers 🍎.

    Dominant Themes

    Inclusion of Forest-Based Foods in PDS/MDM
    Promotion of Traditional Grains and Millets
    Enhancing Child Nutrition and Development
    Support for Local Economies and Indigenous Produce
    Leveraging Local Nutritional Resources

    Actionable Recommendations

    • 🔍 🌿 📈Conduct a feasibility study to identify the most nutritious and sustainably sourceable local forest foods and traditional crops for inclusion in PDS and MDM programs.
    • 🍽 🏫 🤝Develop pilot programs for integrating selected local foods into MDM, focusing on nutritional impact and community engagement, especially with local producers.
    • 🛒 🛣 ✅Establish a clear procurement and distribution framework for locally sourced produce to ensure quality, fair pricing for farmers, and consistent supply to beneficiaries.

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    🌳 🤲 🍚

    To include forest-based foods like Mahua ladoo, Char ladoo, Phuljhi, etc., in PDS and midday meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌰 🤲 🍽️

    Include forest-based food items such as Mahua laddoo, Chaar laddoo, Fuljhi, etc., in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍬 🍽️

    Request to the government: It would be good if forest products like Mahua, Char, Kendu, and Kaku were made into ladoos and provided in the BDS mid-day meal.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍬 👧

    Request to the government: It would be good if forest products like Mahul, Chara, Kina, and Kaku were made into ladoos and given in BDS midday meals.

    — Priti majhi

    🗣️ 🍚 📦

    I am informing the government that Kendu, Char, Mahua, and Mahua laddoos should be given to us in the midday meal, and also through the PDS system.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍲 🧒

    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

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    🏛️ 🌳 🍽️

    It would be good if the government provides forest foods like honey, Chaar, and Kendu as food in the midday meal.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🤲 🍲

    It would be good if forest products like Mahula, Char, and Kendu were provided in mid-day meals through PDS.

    — Priti majhi

    🏛️ 🌳 💰

    Government, please confirm with your people. Provide food and local forest food for the people under the PDS mid-day meal scheme. If it is provided from your side, the people will be able to sell it.

    — Kanaka Pradhan · Balangir, 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

    🌿 🍽️ 🏛️

    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

    🌾 🥣 🚚

    Amla pickle should be included in mid-day meals among local forest food items, and traditional produce like Kodo, Kutki, maize, and pulses like Kurthi, Moong, Chana, and Rahar should be included in PDS.

    — Rupesh Maravi

    🌳 🏫 🍽️

    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

    🌳 ➕ 🍽️

    Fruits found in the forest such as Jamun, Custard Apple, Mahua, Chawar, etc., should be added to the Midday Meal.

    — Gopal

    🏛️ 🍎 🌳

    The government should add seasonal fruits like Jamun, mango, ber, katola vegetable, Vegri Doda vegetable, indigenous mushrooms, bael fruit, mahua kheer, Kalthiya ki ghugri, kodo, batti, bhadi (little millet), etc., to forest food items in PDS and MDM.

    — Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    If forest foods like Char, Mahua, Kendu, Mango, and Jam are added to PDS and mid-day meals, consumers will get nutritious food.

    — RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 📈

    Local forest food is available. It should be included through PDS and in meals, and the government should promote it.

    — Laxmanlal

    🌸 🏛️ 🥣

    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 if all the nutritious foods found in the forest such as Lepherasā, Kachar sāg, Gukurijīv sāg, Kaḍī, Heḍuā, Chhati, Ruguḍā are added to the Mid-Day Meal PDS.

    — RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🤲 👧

    If the government distributes forest foods like Mahua, Kendu, and other such forest produce to children as PDS food.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍲 🧒

    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

    🎁 🌳 😋

    If the government provides forest food like honey and some other forest produce as part of the midday meal, it would be good.

    — Priti majhi

    🏛️ 🌳 🧒

    If the government distributes forest foods like Mahua, Kendu, Chaar, etc. as PDS food to children.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 📦 💪

    The forest contains nutritious foods like Pitalu, Baya, Tunga, Water Yam, Elephant Foot Yam, Bitter Ginari greens, Putukuli, Honey, Amla, Bahada, and Kendu. The government should consider adding some of these to the PDS (Public Distribution System).

    — Prasanna Pradhan · Mayurbhanj, Odisha

    🌾 🥣 🏛️

    If millet, maize, cashew, pigeon pea, Judung, etc., are included as forest foods in the mid-day meal, it will encourage the government.

    — Samana Mandangi

    🌳 🏛️ 🍽️

    You yourself were telling me that tendu, custard apple, and other items found in the forest, which should be included in this meal through government efforts, and...

    — Anil Pargi · Cheekhli, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

    🫘 🏛️ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

    Chickpea and Mahua food items should be provided by the government under PDS.

    — bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌳 🍽️ 👧

    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

    🏛️ 🌳 🍽️

    It would be good if the government promoted these most nutritious forest foods like bananas, karadi, and kandhamula in PDS (Public Distribution System) and mid-day meals.

    — anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, 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

    🌳 🏫 💪

    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

    🗣️ 🍽️ 😋

    We are informing the government that we should be given Kendu char, Mahua, and Mahua laddus in our mid-day meal. PDA PDA.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍎 🧑‍🎓

    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

    🍎 🤲 🧒

    It would be good if the government distributes the four valuable Kendu fruits found in the forest as food for children in areas where midday meals are not available.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    My name is Hemant Sa, from village Nilaji. Nutritious local forest foods should be included in PDS and also in mid-day meals. Those are Manjia, Guruji, Pasun.

    — RUDRA PRASAD BAG · Jagānpadar, Nuapada, Odisha

    🌳 🍪 🏫

    If forest products, mahua mahua tea ladoo, are made during midday meals and given as MDM in schools.

    — Priti majhi

    🌳 🍽️ 💪

    Mahua flowers and other foods obtained from the forest are very nutritious. Therefore, it is appropriate to include these foods in PDS or mid-day meals.

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 👶 💪

    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 locally edible forest food items should be included in PDF mid-day meals, and the government wants to promote their nutritional value for children.

    — Laxmanlal

    🍠 🏛️ 🍽️

    Forest yam is a nutritious food. So, we request the government to add it to PDS and Midday Meal programs.

    — Sita Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha

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