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1. Introduce a structured school meal timetable where children consume consistent and healthy meals even for children in higher grades. 2. Ensure access to hot meal facilities in secondary schools, not only in primary schools. 3. Expand school meal programmes to include all preschools, regardless of undernutrition classification criteria. 4. Restrict the sale of unhealthy foods and beverages, including fizzy drinks, within and around school environments. 5. Implement pilot projects to promote healthy school food environments and scale them up based on evidence. 6. Strengthen nutrition educatio... Read moren for children, focusing on: o Identifying nutritious foods o Understanding appropriate portion sizes 7. Conduct practical awareness and capacity-building programmes for parents on preparing affordable and nutritious meals. 8. Ensure continuity of nutrition care by linking maternal nutrition programmes with child and adolescent nutrition interventions. 9. Develop targeted programmes to address adolescent nutrition, particularly among vulnerable groups. 10. Promote home gardening and school-based agriculture initiatives to improve food habits and lifestyle behaviours. 11. Encourage children to develop a preference for nutritious foods from an early age through exposure and practice. 12. Increase the recruitment and availability of nutritionists and dieticians within the healthcare system. 13. Utilize health professionals to strengthen community-level awareness on nutrition and healthy diets. 14. Advocate for stronger national policies on school nutrition and food environments, supported by effective implementation, coordination, and monitoring mechanisms. 15. Strengthen collective action among stakeholders to ensure accountability and sustained impact of nutrition interventions. Read less

1. Conduct consistent and structured awareness programmes for parents on nutrition and healthy feeding practices. 2. Increase government engagement in addressing adolescent nutrition, particularly as children spend less time at home. 3. Review and regulate tuition class schedules (e.g., starting after 3:00 pm) to allow children time to eat proper meals and rest. 4. Strengthen accountability and active engagement of Agricultural Instructors (AI Officers) within communities. 5. Establish and regulate farmer organisations for those involved in fruit and vegetable cultivation. 6. Improve awareness... Read more on export standards and value-added products, reducing reliance on private sources for knowledge. 7. Ensure agricultural extension programmes are conducted at times convenient for farmers (morning/evening). 8. Provide parents with practical knowledge and skills on preparing nutritious meals at home. 9. Strengthen government ownership and coordination of programmes across all GN divisions, including better follow-up on NGO-led initiatives. Read less

1. Promote behaviour change at the family level to improve children’s nutrition. 2. Strengthen regulation and hygiene standards of food vendors and shops. 3. Conduct awareness sessions for vendors on proper meal preparation and the use of healthy ingredients. 4. Position school canteens as a service rather than profit-oriented entities and provide affordable, nutritious meal options. 5. Develop proper regulatory mechanisms to monitor and limit the sale of unhealthy foods such as ice packets. 6. Establish guidelines to restrict students from leaving school premises during school hour and to m... Read moreake the canteens healthy within the area with the involvement of the principles. 7. Promote the cultivation of fruit trees within school premises for children’s consumption. 8. Strengthen student-led monitoring by assigning prefects responsibility to check outside food, with recognition or certification for their role. 9. Conduct awareness programmes for vendors selling unhealthy food near schools on malnutrition risks. 10. Leverage guidance from MOH on maintaining hygiene and standards for shops around schools. 11. Introduce innovative food concepts such as dehydrated foods and promote new, healthy recipes among children. 12. Encourage the production and consumption of dehydrated fruits using locally available resources. 13. Promote the use of locally available fruits such as jackfruit in attractive and child-friendly ways. 14. Conduct awareness sessions on family planning and the impact of alcohol consumption on household nutrition. 15. Address supply chain gaps by strengthening direct linkages or introducing collection mechanisms for fruits and vegetables to reduce middlemen exploitation. Read less

The following action points were highlighted: - Strengthen the Village Child Development Management Committee (VCDMC) to support anticipatory actions and preparedness for disasters - Improve the diversity and presentation of school meals, including introducing a wider variety of foods and making meals more attractive to children - Establish and enforce regulations on fast food, particularly within school canteens - Expand school meal programmes to secondary schools to reduce children’s tendency to purchase food from outside vendors - Ensure proper hygiene and cleanliness standards in school ... Read morecanteens - Introduce nutrition education to children to promote healthy eating habits - Regularly monitor and supervise school canteens to ensure compliance with nutrition and hygiene standards Read less

The Main action identified by participants was to enhance sensitization on child nutrition as it is something that a lot of caregivers tend to overlook especially when they are no longer participating in those nutrition awareness meetings with Ministry of Health that is held every month for would-be mothers and new mothers. The participants also emphasised on the need for caregivers to know the nutrition status of common food items so that they are able to have a balanced diet all the time in the house. they emphasised on the need to make use of Nutrition Officers from Ministry of Agriculture ... Read moreas they are key to giving such information, yet they have limited platform to their such information Read less

Et pour ce qui est des actions urgentes à mener , les leaders locaux ont suggéré ce qui est suit : • Renforcer les sensibilisations communautaires sur les bonnes pratiques nutritionnelles. • Promouvoir les jardins potagers et le petit élevage dans les ménages. • Lutter contre la vente et le détournement des intrants nutritionnels. • Encourager l'implication des hommes dans l'alimentation et le bien-être des enfants. • Renforcer le suivi des enfants malnutris au niveau communautaire. • Promouvoir l'espacement des naissances et lutter contre les mariages précoces. • Amélio... Read morerer les pratiques d'hygiène, d'assainissement et de lavage des mains. • Intégrer les messages nutritionnels dans les réunions communautaires et religieuses. Read less

- Former et accompagner les femmes et les jeunes sur l’entreprenariat et autres activités génératrices de revenus pour développer l’approche liée au leadership au profit de toute la communauté, - Mener des Plaidoyer au-devant des autorités politico-administratives et des ONG œuvrant dans la même thématique pour améliorer les conditions de vies des familles et communautés, - Former les femmes et jeunes en particulier de la communauté sur la culture des jardins potagers pour réduire tant soit peu la malnutrition infantile, - Assurer l’assistance alimentaire de qualité pour c... Read moreombattre l’insécurité alimentaire et la malnutrition dans les communautés, - Plaider et collaborer avec les autorités pour mettre fin aux conflits armés prolongés Read less

-Former et accompagner les femmes et les jeunes sur les activités génératrices de revenus pour développer l’entreprenariat au profit de toute la communauté - Former les femmes et jeunes en particulier de la communauté sur la culture des jardins potagers pour réduire tant soit peu la malnutrition infantile -Assurer l’assistance alimentaire de qualité pour combattre l’insécurité alimentaire -Mettre fin aux conflits armés prolongés dans la contrée - Enlever le bétail dans les espaces arables pour permettre une agriculture aisée et sans heurts

Restrict junk food to protect child health. Promote breastfeeding and timely complementary feeding. Eliminate harmful beliefs about nutrition. Implement nutrition plans across sectors. Increase child nutrition allowance for better support. Improve school meals with local foods. Start awareness programs in communities and schools. Distribute micronutrients when necessary. Promote local crops and traditional foods. Share nutrition knowledge within communities. Encourage green vegetables and nutritious foods. Use local food items more effectively. Maintain hygiene for better health. Promote safe ... Read morefood consumption. Ensure community participation in nutrition programs. Conduct regular check-ups for children. Run food security campaigns to raise awareness. Promote Four-Star Food for balanced meals. Encourage organic farming for safe food. Establish kitchen gardens in every household. Conserve traditional crops for sustainability. Set up fair-price shops for affordable food. Improve feeding practices for infants. Monitor markets to ensure food quality. Organize nutrition camps for awareness and services. Collect nutrition data to guide planning. Promote sanitation in homes and schools. Focus on livestock for food security. Coordinate sectors for effective action. Strengthen school meals using local produce. Read less

The major actions to be taken in order to improve the status of nutrition are: • Conduct awareness sessions about nutrition and its importance in the community. • Prohibit the sales and consumption of junk foods. • Encourage the use of locally available foods rather than packaged foods. • Encourage local production and establishment of kitchen gardens. • Promote higher food production and export, as the soil of Bhagwati RM is very good for agriculture.

- Former et accompagner les femmes et les jeunes sur les activités génératrices de revenus pour développer l’approche liée au leadership et d’entreprenariat au profit de toute la communauté, - Former les femmes et jeunes en particulier de la communauté sur la culture des jardins potagers pour réduire tant soit peu la malnutrition infantile, - Assurer l’assistance alimentaire de qualité pour combattre l’insécurité alimentaire et la malnutrition dans nos communautés, - Plaider et collaborer avec les autorités pour mettre fin aux conflits armés prolongés, - Nos communautés... Read more ont faim, assister-nous en food et en cash pour le bien-être de nos communautés et des enfants en particulier, - Plaider pour la libération de nos champs des vaches qui détruisent nos productions, - Renforcer nos capacités sur la nutrition, - Distribuer les intrants pour planter nos champs et jardin potagés. Read less

The major actions to be taken in order to improve the status of nutrition are: • Conduct awareness sessions about nutrition and its importance in the community. • Prohibit the sales and consumption of junk foods. • Encourage the use of locally available foods rather than packaged foods. • Encourage local production and establishment of kitchen gardens. • Promote higher food production and export, as the soil of Bhagwati RM is very good for agriculture.

The participants of the dialogue identified several urgent actions to address child nutrition in Kanchanpur District. First, they emphasized the need for stronger collaboration among stakeholders, proposing a formal multi-stakeholder coordination platform to align efforts across health, agriculture, and social welfare. Nutrition related awareness and education programs/campaigns were seen as critical, with calls for continuous community sensitization and practical demonstrations to challenge harmful cultural practices and promote dietary diversity. Promotion of healthy food and feeding practic... Read morees through adequate availability of food crops in the community and discarding the production as well as consumption of unhealthy (junk) foods. Similarly, use of organic manure for the production of crops instead of use of harmful pesticides. The services related to nutrition should be improved through the enhancement and provision of quality service availability and accessibility. The health sector stakeholders should expand coverage of maternal, infant, and young child nutrition services, including breastfeeding promotion, complementary feeding counseling, micronutrient supplementation, growth monitoring, and management of acute malnutrition. At the same time, agriculture and food system stakeholders should promote the production, availability, and affordability of diverse and nutritious food. All stakeholders should strengthen nutrition information systems, regularly monitor nutrition indicators, and use data for timely decision-making and accountability. By working collaboratively and focusing on high-impact, nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, stakeholders can accelerate progress in reducing all forms of malnutrition and enhancing the overall nutritional status of the community people. Read less