Urgent actions
Create local groups that can organize workshops to teach techniques for growing vegetables, preparing iron-rich foods, or even making preserves and jams from local fruits. These recommendations should always be adjusted to the community's needs, available resources, and culture. Participants mentioned that making use of local resources is very important, such as cultivating home gardens and valuing typical foods from each region that are rich in nutrients like cassava, sweet potatoes, corn, and beans. Teach which foods are rich in vitamins, minerals, proteins, and carbohydrates, explaining the
... Read moreir importance. Raising small animals: Support initiatives for raising chickens, goats, or pigs to obtain proteins and other essential nutrients. The government should invest in improving the prices of staple foods. Teachers in schools could have more content about nutrition to promote the topic among students. Schools could offer monthly sessions with parents to also exchange information about nutrition, hygiene, and food preparation. School meals should be mandatory in all schools in the country, but with nutritious meals and not with the distribution of cookies and industrialized juices, as is currently offered by the government. Read less