Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

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    • Thank you Takele Teshome for your contribution. Rightly said about importance of proper land use planning and cropping pattern as well as creating nutrition awareness and building linkages among different stakeholders  towards achieving food and nutritional security. Regarding sustainability of nutrition awareness programs, I would like to share one example from our study. Besides having workshops and meetings, we are  also conducting training programs to build capacity  of local men and women (Known as "Community Hunger Fighters") on nutrition related messages such as balanced diet, importance of hygiene and sanitation, nutritive value of different foods, food requirement at different stages of life cycle as well as  different ways of linking agriculture to nutrition, knowledge of entitlements on agriculture, food and nutrition in the area, so that they diffuse the message within and outside the community. 

      We also have  nutrition garden interventions  in schools and ICDS centres where different groups of vegetables are grown and the produce is going towards the Mid Day Meal.

      Thanks.

      Aliza

    • Dear all !

      Welcome to the ediscussion.

      My name is Aliza Pradhan, I am an agronomist and coordinating the Farming System for Nutrition Study in India under the research consortium "Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA).

      This FSN study envisages the introduction of location-specific agricultural remedies for nutritional maladies by mainstreaming nutritional criteria in the selection of farming system components. The study is underway in two study sites; Koraput (Odisha) and Wardha (Maharashtra) where our crop interventions are focusing on increased area and productivity of nutrient rich crops such as pulses (Pigeon pea, black gram, green gram, bengal gram) and millets (finger millet, sorghum) among small and marginal farmers so that there will be increased availability of nutrient rich food per household. In addition,  being climate smart crops  these will help in building resilience to future environmental changes.

      I will be cofacilitating the ediscussion and I will be very interested in knowing your thoughts/ experiences/feedback as well.

      Best

      Aliza