Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification
This study examines how India’s school meal programs can better use local agrobiodiversity to address persistent gaps in nutrition, sustainability, and meal acceptability. It links school-level meal practices with local farm and landscape contexts to analyze how food, production, and procurement sys...
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| author | Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma Estrada Carmona, Natalia Jones, Sarah Elias, Marlene Zaremba, Haley Carter |
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| description | This study examines how India’s school meal programs can better use local agrobiodiversity to address persistent gaps in nutrition, sustainability, and meal acceptability. It links school-level meal practices with local farm and landscape contexts to analyze how food, production, and procurement systems interact under state-defined but locally implemented menu frameworks. Within this broader analysis, the study documents a participatory crop identification and validation process conducted in Mandla district. Community actors assessed locally available species across agroecological performance, nutrition, farmer experience, and procurement feasibility. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1799012026-01-15T14:00:26Z Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma Estrada Carmona, Natalia Jones, Sarah Elias, Marlene Zaremba, Haley Carter agrobiodiversity nutrition dietary diversity This study examines how India’s school meal programs can better use local agrobiodiversity to address persistent gaps in nutrition, sustainability, and meal acceptability. It links school-level meal practices with local farm and landscape contexts to analyze how food, production, and procurement systems interact under state-defined but locally implemented menu frameworks. Within this broader analysis, the study documents a participatory crop identification and validation process conducted in Mandla district. Community actors assessed locally available species across agroecological performance, nutrition, farmer experience, and procurement feasibility. 2025-12-23 2026-01-15T13:59:53Z 2026-01-15T13:59:53Z Dataset https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179901 en Open Access Shijagurumayum, M.S.; Estrada Carmona, N.; Jones, S.; Elias, M.; Zaremba, H.C. (2025) Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/FQ2SD |
| spellingShingle | agrobiodiversity nutrition dietary diversity Shijagurumayum, Meghajit Sharma Estrada Carmona, Natalia Jones, Sarah Elias, Marlene Zaremba, Haley Carter Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification |
| title | Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification |
| title_full | Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification |
| title_fullStr | Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification |
| title_short | Mobilizing agrobiodiversity in India to support planet-friendly school meal programs: Insights from Participatory Crop Selection for School Meal Diversification |
| title_sort | mobilizing agrobiodiversity in india to support planet friendly school meal programs insights from participatory crop selection for school meal diversification |
| topic | agrobiodiversity nutrition dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179901 |
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