FeFA Girls: Initiative to Tackle Malnutrition

On 15th March, 2019, the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) launched ‘FeFA (Iron for Adolescents) Girls’, an initiative to tackle malnutrition among adolescent girls.

Aim

  • To prepare diet-based approaches to improve haemoglobin and blood iron levels in girls.
  • To generate scientific evidence on nutritional benefits of groundnut and pearl millet on human health.

Tie-up with Telangana

  • The two institutes will work with the Telangana government in rolling out the project.
  • FeFA Girls (Iron For Adolescents with Fe being the scientific symbol for iron and, FA, for Adolescent) will target girls in ....

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