{"id":56506,"date":"2020-03-03T17:12:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T11:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=56506"},"modified":"2020-03-03T17:12:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T11:42:46","slug":"answered-discuss-how-focusing-public-policy-on-bio-fortification-sanitation-and-womens-education-can-resolve-indias-malnutrition-problem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-how-focusing-public-policy-on-bio-fortification-sanitation-and-womens-education-can-resolve-indias-malnutrition-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Discuss how focusing public policy on bio-fortification, sanitation and women\u2019s education can resolve India\u2019s malnutrition problem."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n Demand of the question<\/strong>\n Introduction.\n <\/strong>Contextual introduction.\n Body.\n <\/strong>Discuss the need to focus public policy on\n bio-fortification, sanitation and women\u2019s education can resolve India\u2019s\n malnutrition problem.\n Conclusion.\n <\/strong>Way forward.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Malnutrition is one of the principle public\nhealth problems in India. The Global Hunger Index 2019 ranks India at 102 out\nof 119 countries. Despite rapid economic growth, declining levels of poverty,\nenough food to export, and a multiplicity of government programmes,\nmalnutrition amongst the poorest remains high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need\nof public policy on bio-fortification, sanitation and women\u2019s education to\nresolve malnutrition problem:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Bio-fortification: <\/strong>Biofortification is\n the process by which the nutritional quality of food crops is improved\n through agronomic practices, conventional plant breeding, or modern\n biotechnology.\n <\/td>\n Deficiencies\n of iron, vitamin A, iodine and zinc are the most common causes of disease in\n developing countries. Nutritious diet is vital for proper growth and\n development in humans. Biofortification\n could assist nutrient deficient populations to utilize nutrient enhanced\n staple crops to assist in achieving a person\u2019s daily nutrient intake. By\n utilizing staple crops that have been fortified, public acceptance of the new\n varieties is easier and does not require additional education in relation to\n preparation. Further,\n these biofortified varieties assume great significance to achieve nutritional\n security of the country.It\n provides energy, protein, essential fats, vitamins, antioxidants and minerals\n to meet our daily metabolic requirement.\n \n \n \n \n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Sanitation:\n  <\/strong>Water supply, sanitation, and hygiene, has\n a direct impact on infectious disease, especially diarrhea and are important\n for preventing malnutrition.\n <\/td>\n The World\n Health Organization estimates that 50% of malnutrition is associated with\n repeated diarrhea or intestinal worm infections from unsafe water or poor\n sanitation or hygiene.Stunting\n can stem from a chronic illness caused by inflammation that keeps the body\n from absorbing calories and nutrients. Children\n who are exposed to open defecation or who don\u2019t have a clean water supply may\n ingest bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that cause intestinal\n infection, chronic inflammation in a child leading to stunting and anaemia,\n and puts children at risk for poor early childhood development.\n \n \n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Women\u2019s\n education: <\/strong>Research has found mother\u2019s education\n has a positive impact on the nutrition status of their children.\n <\/td>\n Domestic\n violence and lack of education result in weak bargaining power of women\n relative to their male partners and to other household members which adversely\n impacts the nutritional status of women and their children. It also\n increases awareness about nutrient-rich diet, personal hygiene, etc. This can\n also help contain the family size in poor, malnourished families. The child\n nutritional outcomes further depend upon household income, number of\n children, access to healthcare, and quality of sanitation. All this\n significantly improves\n through women\u2019s education.Further,\n an educated woman understands the importance of hygiene and sanitation. Thus, they\n emphasise on access to a flush toilet and clean water that is related to\n better nutritional status of children in terms of stunting and underweight.\n \n \n \n \n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Way\nforward:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Using fortified food: <\/strong>Fortified food can be incorporated into a\nmid-day meal, public distribution shops and Anganwadi centres.<\/li>
  2. New agricultural technologies:<\/strong> Achieving zero hunger requires agriculture and\nfood systems to become more efficient, sustainable, climate-smart and\nnutrition-sensitive. India must adopt new agricultural technologies of\nbio-fortifying cereals, such as zinc-rich rice, wheat, iron-rich pearl millet,\nand so on. <\/li>
  3. Change in food habits:<\/strong> There is a need to shift dietary patterns from\ncereal dominance to the consumption of nutritious foods such as livestock\nproducts, fruits and vegetables, pulses, etc. Diverting a part of the food\nsubsidy on wheat and rice to more nutritious foods can help.<\/li>
  4. Food and nutrition commission:<\/strong> A food and nutrition commission should be\nestablished, headed by the Prime Minister.<\/li>
  5. Improving sanitation:<\/strong> Access to improved sanitation and safe drinking\nwater is important. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Jal Jeevan Mission would have\npositive outcomes in this direction.<\/li>
  6. Mother\u2019s education:<\/strong> It is one of the most important factors that has a\npositive multiplier effect on child care and access to healthcare facilities.\nThus, a high priority to female literacy, in a mission mode through liberal\nscholarships for the girl child, would go a long way towards tackling this\nproblem.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The vision to ensure attainment of\nmalnutrition free India by 2022 continues through more innovations and pilot\nprograms and has reached the grass root level households. Poshan Abhiyaan has\nreceived global recognition for its effort in eradicating malnutrition. Yet\nthere is much far to go in ending malnutrition issues in India. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual introduction. Body. Discuss the need to focus public policy on bio-fortification, sanitation and women\u2019s education can resolve India\u2019s malnutrition problem. Conclusion. Way forward. Malnutrition is one of the principle public health problems in India. The Global Hunger Index 2019 ranks India at 102 out of 119 countries. Despite rapid… Continue reading [Answered] Discuss how focusing public policy on bio-fortification, sanitation and women\u2019s education can resolve India\u2019s malnutrition problem.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56506","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}