FeFA Girls’ Initiative to tackle Malnutrition launched in Telangana

The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have launched an initiative named ‘FeFA Girls’ in Telangana to tackle a low iron level and malnutrition among adolescent girls of the state.

  • FeFA Girls (with Fe being the scientific symbol for iron and, FA, for Adolescent). The aim is to prepare diet-based approaches to improve haemoglobin and blood iron levels in girls, and to generate scientific evidence on nutritional benefits of groundnut and pearl millet on human health.
  • The initiative will target girls in the age group of 16 to 19 years ....
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