Introducing fortified staples in the food baskets distributed to schoolchildren, focussing on fulfilling nutritional requirements of children rather than just providing food and increasing the ration size beyond the existing one as the food given is usually distributed within the family were among a few measures suggested by Parajuli to mitigate the nutrition loss incurred by children due to the absence of mid-day meals during lockdown.
Introducing fortified staples, focussing on fulfilling nutritional requirements and increasing the ration size can help mitigate the nutrition loss suffered by children who could not get mid-day meals during the COVID-19 induced lockdown, UN WFP country director to India Bishow Parajuli said.
In an interview to , Parajuli said India runs the largest school-feeding programme of the mid-day meal scheme but the COVID-19 crisis has rolled back some of the progress that was made in reducing malnutrition and is aggravating existing challenges. Read More…
