Draft Report Project Code 2012MC10 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Mumbai Introducing the concept of Nutri-gardens to Address Rural Malnutrition by Involving IOCL’s Kisan Seva Kendras 2013-14 | P a g e The Energy and Resources Institute Western Regional Centre, Navi Mumbai Introducing the concept of nutri-gardens to address rural malnutrition by involving IOCL’s Kisan Seva Kendras Prepared for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Bandra, Mumbai i | P a g e Introducing the concept of Nutri-gardens to Address Rural Malnutrition by Involving IOCL’s Kisan Seva Kendras © The Energy and Resources Institute 2014 Suggested format for citation T E R I 2014 Introducing the concept of nutri-gardens to address rural malnutrition by involving IOCL’s Kisan Seva Kendras Navi Mumbai: The Energy and Resources Institute. 45 pp. Team Members: 1. Dr. Anjali Parasnis: Principal Investigator (PI) 2. Ms. Swati Tomar: Co-PI 3. Mr. Yatish Lele: Project Consultant Photo credits: Google Images, Ms. Swati Tomar, Mr. Yatish Lele and Mr. Prathmesh Chourey For more information Ms. Swati Tomar T E R I Tel: 275800 21 318, Raheja Arcade, E-mail: [email protected] Sector 11, CBD-Belapur, Fax: 27580022 Navi Mumbai – 400614 Web: www.teriin.org India India +91 • Mumbai (0)22 ii | P a g e Introducing the concept of Nutri-gardens to Address Rural Malnutrition by Involving IOCL’s Kisan Seva Kendras Contents Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................ vi Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. vii Background ............................................................................................................................. 1 Programme objectives ..................................................................................................... 1 Kisan Seva Kendra (KSK) ............................................................................................... 2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 3 Malnourishment ............................................................................................................... 3 Malnourishment in India ................................................................................................ 3 Nutri-gardens ................................................................................................................... 7 Study area ......................................................................................................................... 7 Importance of selected crops .......................................................................................... 8 Programme Activities ............................................................................................................ 9 Workshop for Awareness Generation: Long term approaches ............................... 11 Workshop 1: Interaction and Analysis of Dietary patterns of the Stake-holders . 11 Workshop 2: Distribution of the Nutri-Garden kits .................................................. 14 Workshop 3: Interaction and Inspection Visit with stakeholders ........................... 16 Workshops for capacity building ................................................................................ 16 Workshop 1: Workshop for easy-to-cook and healthy recipes ................................ 16 Workshop 2: Demonstration and training on mushroom cultivation .................... 18 Project outreach .............................................................................................................. 20 Results: Long term sustainable approaches ............................................................... 20 Additional activities of the project: Short term strategies .............................................. 23 Photo Gallery ........................................................................................................................ 26 Annex 1: List of the SAM and MAM Children .......................................................... 30 Annex 2: WHO growth standards ............................................................................... 35 iii | P a g e Introducing the concept of Nutri-gardens to Address Rural Malnutrition by Involving IOCL’s Kisan Seva Kendras List of Tables Table No 1: Observations of some surveys conducted to assess malnourishment in Maharashtra ......... 4 Table No 2: Observations of some projects conducted for women empowerment in India ..................... 6 Table No 3: Demographic details of Khanivali village, Wada ...................................................................... 8 Table No 4: Listing of the various workshops undertaken by TERI in the project area .......................... 10 Table No 5 : ProtineX distribution in September .......................................................................................... 30 Table No 6: ProtineX distribution in December ............................................................................................ 32 List of Figures Figure No.1: Importance of selected crops ....................................................................................................... 8 Figure No. 2: TERI’s approach and types of workshops undertaken for the awareness generation and capacity building of the tribal communities ........................................................................................... 9 Figure No. 3: Comparison between the Recommended Dietary Pattern and Standard Dietary Pattern of the villagers of Khanivali, Wada ....................................................................................................... 11 Figure No. 4: Project outreach in the Wada block ......................................................................................... 20 Figure No. 5: Percentage conversion of total 140 targeted SAM category children into Normal and MAM category .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Figure No. 6: Increase in weight of SAM children under study ................................................................. 25 List of Pictures Picture No. 1: Mr. B. Ashok, Executive Director (Retail Sales), Mr. M. Srinivas, General Manager (Retail Sales) from IOCL and Dr. Anjali Parasnis, TERI after signing the MoU................................ 1 Picture No. 2: Gurukripa KSK at Khanivali village, Wada, Thane ............................................................... 2 Picture No. 3: Analysis of the daily diet of the villagers .............................................................................. 12 Picture No. 4: Healthy bhel prepared at the Gurukripa KSK with the help of locals .............................. 12 Picture No. 5: Spinach cultivated on community temple land by anganwadi sevika.............................. 13 Picture No. 6: Dr. Anjali Parasnis, Associate Director, TERI introducing the concept of the project .... 14 Picture No. 7: Mr. Srinivas, General Manager, IOCL, addressing the gathering ...................................... 15 Picture No. 8: Distribution of kits to the parents and malnourished child ................................................ 15 Picture No. 9: Demonstration by Mrs. Bindu Kesarkar and Ms. Swati Tomar on healthy cooking. ...... 17 Picture No. 10: Women practising palak paratha (Left) and children enjoying the parathas (Right) .... 17 Picture No. 11: Mr. Yatish Lele briefing the participants about the technique of mushroom cultivation .................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Picture No. 12 : Participants with the spawn bed ......................................................................................... 19 Picture No. 13: Preparation of spawn bed ...................................................................................................... 19 Picture No. 14: Sterilization of paddy straw under TERI’s guidance ......................................................... 19 iv | P a g e Introducing the concept of Nutri-gardens to Address Rural Malnutrition by Involving IOCL’s Kisan Seva Kendras Picture No. 15: Mrs. Prajakta with her daughter during the workshop..................................................... 21 Picture No. 16: Women with the plantation of spinach in their backyards ............................................... 22 Picture No. 17: Woman with the papaya tree in her backyard and sweet potatocultivation .................. 22 Picture No. 18: Distribution of ProtineX cans to the SAM children ............................................................ 23 Picture No. 19: Dr. Anjali Parasnis, Associate Director, TERI explaining the importance of healthy and balanced diet to the villagers at Khanivali at IOCL’s Gurukripa KSK ............................................. 26 Picture No. 20: Dr. Anjali interacting with the mothers of malnourished children at Vikramgad KSK 26 Picture No. 21: Ms Swati Tomar, Research Associate, TERI interacting with aanganwadi sevikas and getting their feedback .............................................................................................................................. 27 Picture No. 22: Dr. Milind Chavan examining a six-month old SAM child .............................................