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    Food Security & Millet

    This theme discusses food security, Public Distribution Systems, and the inclusion of millet in school and midday meal programs.

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    ODISHA, INDIA59 voices MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA23 voices JHARKHAND, INDIA5 voices CHHATTISGARH, INDIA5 voices UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA5 voices RAJASTHAN, INDIA4 voices

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    🌾 🤲 💪

    Millet food should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Millet food should be included in PDS and midday meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌾 🍽️ 👍

    Millet should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🌽 🤝 💪

    The government should promote the most nutritious foods easily available in our region, such as kodo, kutki, maize, along with tur dal, gram, and horse gram lentils, and include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🏛️ ➕ 🌾

    The government should include millet in PDS or mid-day meals.

    — Kusha Mahakud

    🌾 📦 💪

    The traditional nutritious food of our community like Kodo, Kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, arhar, sesame, masoor, moong, chana, batla etc. should be included in PDS (Public Distribution System) and mid-day meals, and the government should promote them.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🤲 🍽️

    Kodo, kutki, maize porridge, along with horse gram, moong, and rahat dal, should be given in mid-day meals and also included in the PDS.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🤲 🍽️

    While promoting our traditional grains, the government should also include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🤲 💪

    Nutritious food items like ragi should be introduced in mid-day meals and PDS.

    — Sunil oraon · Gumla, Jharkhand

    🌾 🍽️ 🤝

    Our traditional crops like Kodo, Kutki, maize, Rahar, Kurthi, chickpeas, and other pulses should also be given in schools and Anganwadi centers under the Midday Meal Scheme, and they should also be promoted by the government.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🍽️ 🌟

    Kodo, kutki, maize, and sorghum porridge, and also indigenous pulses, should be included in the midday meal, and it would be very good if the government promotes them.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Our traditional nutritious food like kodo, kutki, maize, sorghum, wheat, etc., as khichdi and dalia should be given in mid-day meals, and it would be great if the government also includes such grains in PDS.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🥣 ✨

    Our traditional crops like Kodo, Kutki, Maize, Jowar, Bajra, Kangni, Rahar, and Kurthi should be included in mid-day meals and the PDS, and if the government also promotes them, it can definitely happen.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

    🌱 🍽️ 💪

    The most nutritious locally available moong dal and urad dal should be included in PDS and mid-day meals.

    — AbhiLL Ipsa

    🌾 🤝 💪

    Our native little millet, kodo, maize, sorghum, arhar, urad, kulthi, moong, and soybean should also be included in the government's ration card and in our school's midday meal.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Kodo kutki, maize, wheat, and kulthi and pigeon pea grown in our region should also be included in mid-day meals and PDS.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

    🌾 🏫 👍

    Yes, our local foods like Kodo, Kutki, and wheat porridge should also be included in the midday meal, and the government should also promote similar food items.

    — Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya 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

    🤝 🍬 🍽️

    The government should promote laddoos made from Mahapul in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and mid-day meals.

    — SUKDEV HEMBRAM

    🌾 🍽️ 💪

    Millet and horse gram should be included in the midday meal.

    — Kachala Choudhary

    🌰 🤲 🍽️

    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 food prepared from ragi/millet is provided in PDS midday meals.

    — PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha

    🏛️ 🌸 🍽️

    The government should promote Maha Phool laddoos in midday meals.

    — SUKDEV HEMBRAM · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand

    💡 🌱 💪

    If the government pays attention to nutritious food, it should focus on pulses, sesame, urad dal, and similar items, so that proper nutrition can be obtained.

    — Ranu begam · Pamgarh, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

    🌾 🥣 🤲

    Lentils and wheat should be provided for midday meals and in the society.

    — Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

    🌳 🤲 🍚

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

    — Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

    🌳 🍽️ 🧒

    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

    🌾 🏫 💪

    Coarse food items, Batti Ravi, Kulthia's Ghugri, etc., should be added in schools and Anganwadi centers.

    — Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

    🏛️ 🍌 🍽️

    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

    🏛️ 🌿 👶

    The govt should include green leaves, roots and millers can be introduced in PDS and MDM for better protein adding in infant food.

    — Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha

    🫘 🏫 💪

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar · Kalahandi, Odisha

    🫘 🏛️ 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

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

    — bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

    🌾 🤝 💪

    It should be ensured that items such as millet, other commodities, and 'Kori' are included in the Public Distribution System for health.

    — संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

    🥣 🏫 💪

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

    — Tankeswar Kumar

    🧒 🥣 🧠

    To provide more nutrition for the physical and mental development of children, ragi and mandua should be included in school midday meals.

    — Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

    🏛️ 🌳 🍽️

    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

    🌳 🍽️ 📈

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

    — Laxmanlal

    🌾 🤲 💪

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

    — PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, 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

    🌱 🏛️ 📣

    Our most nutritious locally available food items, which should include wheat, maize, and pure fresh food, and be promoted by the government.

    — Laxmanlal

    Sources & credits

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

    • Atmashakti Trust141 voices

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    🏫School Food Programs20 voices
    🌾Food Policy & Pulses16 voices
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    🧭 Action recipe· Forest and Food Heritage

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

    🧭 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.

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    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.