Food nutrition, value added products, international year of millets, importance of apiculture
FOOD NUTRITION
Meeting was conducted on 17/12/23 about the food nutrition where we stressed on the food types taken by children, lactating women, pregnant ladies.
We told them about balanced diet and complete meal plate having all kinds of food types. With macronutrients micronutrients also play a major role in the balanced functioning of the human body. Importance of iron was told
as a carrier of oxygen and catalyst role in major reactions in the body.
The food pyramid was shown with the five food groups like cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables, meat and egg, oils and with which proportion these have to be taken were told.
Information on other available food supplements, value added foods, nutrition enriched food items were given so that the people should get the benefits of consuming these kind of items.
Imbalance in the meal plate leads to the nutritional disorders like kwashiorkor, marasmus, stunting, wasting, to eradicate
these problems government has initiated many programs
through which the children pregnant and lactating women could get benefits.
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MILLETS -2023
The International Year of Millets 2023 aims to raise awareness about the importance of millets and their health benefits. It also seeks to promote the production, consumption, and value-addition of millet products. The theme of the International Year of Millets is “Healthy Millets,
Healthy People.”
The slogan of the year Is. Protect Our Livelihood
We held a night meeting regarding the awareness on international Year of Millets 2023 so that the people would get to know about the programs campaigns being held throughout the country.
We also had joined the walkathon in chikkaballapur grounds where the Agriculture minister and Health minister had participated. There was a competition held in chintamani where people cooked variety of millets based products.
United Nations General Assembly at its 75th session in March 2021 declared 2023 the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023). FAO is the lead agency for celebrating the Year in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders. Millets can grow on arid lands with minimal inputs and are resilient to changes in climate. They are therefore an ideal solution for countries to increase self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on imported cereal grains.
This will be an opportunity to raise awareness of, and direct policy attention to the nutrition and health benefits of millets and their suitability for cultivation under adverse and changing climatic conditions.
The Year will also promote the sustainable production of millets, while highlighting their
potential to provide new sustainable market opportunities for producers and consumers.
VALUE ADDITION -KOVA
On 17/12/23, a method demonstration on kova preparation
was done.
As milk production was more in the village so we thought of educating the people about value addition.
Nearly 20 members attended the method demonstration.
Later step by step we demonstrated the preparation and after participants were informed about the advantages of kova.
Some potential health benefits of mawa or khoya include:
o High in protein
o High in calcium
o Good for bone health
o Good for muscle development
o May benefit cardiovascular health
o May strengthen bones
o Could prevent formation of kidney stones
o May boost brain health
Then all the participants were given kova for tasting.
IMPORTANCE OF APICULTURE
Apiculture is an important occupation that involves taking care of bees and nurturing them for livelihood.
We did a night meeting on 21/12/23 about the importance of apiculture and explained about various factors such as different species and castes of honey bee, process of transferring bees from their natural habitat to the hive box,
direct benefits (honey,royal jelly, propolis, bee wax, bee venom,bee pollen etc) indirect benefits (pollination) and honey testing. We also briefed about usages of different bee tools and later on we concluded the session by explaining the
economics and the profits obtained by practising bee keeping/apiculture.
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