Pulses for food and nutrition security

M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation is working in our village from 2013. They provided seeds like green gram, black gram, wheat, gram, red gram and linseed for cultivation on farms and vegetables like spinach, fenugreek, amaranths, shepu, coriander, chilly, tomato, brinjal, beetroot, radish, carrot, sweet potato, onion, green sorrel, ladies finger, cluster bean, cow pea etc. to grow in nutrition gardens. They started a community nutrition garden in our village, provided poultry, fodder saplings for animal food, tested blood, height, weight of adolescent girls and provided information on balanced diet and health.    

Name: Samiksha Rajesh Kale
Village: Saheli, Block: Arvi, District: Wardha
Age: 16 years
Class: 10   
Caste: Wani (OBC)
Family size: 4 (2 adults, 2 adolescent girls) 
 
Read full story in English (Translated by Rupal Wagh, Aliza Pradhan and R.V. Bhavani) and Marathi.

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