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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | A novel way of addressing malnourishment -Firoz Rozindar

A novel way of addressing malnourishment -Firoz Rozindar

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published Published on Apr 21, 2016   modified Modified on Apr 21, 2016
-The Hindu

Vijayapura (Karnataka): While the government has initiated several schemes to tackle the problem of malnourishment among children, the University of Horticulture Sciences, Bagalkot, has come up with an innovative idea to effectively deal with this problem.

According to the university, the project, if implemented, would not only address the issue of malnourishment but has also multiple advantages, including spreading awareness among children on the importance of horticulture.

Vasant Ganiger, professor, Department of Vegetable Science, told The Hindu that several schools and government hostels have vast open space available with them which could be used to cultivate vegetables.

“The government provides midday meal to students under which vegetables are given. If the same vegetables are grown in the open area of the schools/hostels, children can be given fresh and nutritious vegetables. The small kitchen garden could be easily maintained by the students themselves; the students can also learn about the importance of ecology,” he said.

Prof. Ganiger further said that children can use the experience of maintaining a kitchen garden in the future to educate horticulture farmers.

Though welcoming the government’s decision of supplying milk to students under the Ksheera Bhagya scheme, he said that milk only met the calcium requirement in children.

“Vegetables act as a complete diet for children by giving them the required nutrition,” he said.

“As most of the vegetables can be grown within three-four months, the children could get nutritious vegetable to consume daily in their meal,” he said.

Stating that Vice-Chancellor D.L. Maheshwar is keen on getting this ambitious project implemented, he said that if the Education and Social Welfare departments come forward, then the university is ready to offer all possible help and training along with supplying seeds at a subsidised rate.

“The university would conduct demonstrations and training programmes for schools and hostel staff if the government needs help. The university believes that various departments should take advantage of the university’s efforts in giving healthy food to children, mainly in rural and backward areas,” he said.

The Hindu, 20 April, 2016, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/a-novel-way-of-addressing-malnourishment/article8496579.ece


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