26th September, 2020, Ludhiana
The ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Ludhiana, Punjab organized a National Webinar on “Role of Balanced Nutrition to mitigate Malnutrition” today.
The Chief Guest, Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR briefed about the flagship programme of Poshan Abhiyan in enhancing the nutritional needs of children, adolescents, pregnant women and lactating mothers. He also highlighted the main theme of the Mission - “Sahi Poshan to Desh Rosan”. He also applauded the KVKs’ role in creating awareness about proper nutrition and ways to mitigate malnutrition.
Smt. Raji P. Shrivastava, Principal Secretary, Social Security and Women & Child Development, Government of Punjab highlighted the struggle of people of Punjab to deal with the problems of anemia. She stressed on highlighting the awareness about the diversity in food as was prevalent during the ancient times.
The Special Guest, Dr. Vilas A. Tonapi, Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad highlighted the importance of nutri-cereals. He also stressed on the collaboration with ICAR-ATARIs for providing the information about nutri-cereals at the grass root level to mitigate malnutrition.
Dr. Rajbir Singh, Director, ICAR-ATARI, Ludhiana, Punjab urged for working in a convergence mode with the Anganwadi Workers for larger impact at the grass root level.
The Webinar was aimed at creating the awareness and importance of nutrition for the well-being of the people.
More than 500 delegates from the Krishi Vigyan Kendras, CDPOs and Anganwadi Workers from the different parts of the country virtually participated in the Webinar.
(Source: ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Ludhiana)
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