‘Right To Protein’, Nepal’s first protein awareness initiative has announced ‘Easy Access to Protein for All’ or ‘Protein Accessibility’ as the theme for this year’s Protein Day, which will be marked on February 27. 

The initiative also called the stakeholders within the industry and like-minded individuals to join in the mission to drive food and protein sufficiency. 

In its fourth year, the theme aims to draw much-needed attention to the accessibility of protein foods, encouraging citizens at large to learn more about protein and its importance in better nutrition and health, reads a statement issued on Monday. 

With a population of approximately 2 billion in South Asia, strategic and urgent steps are required to address food inflation and security issues in many parts of the region, according to the statement. 

Rabin Puri, president of the Nepal Feed Industries Association and a supporter of the Right To Protein initiative, said that the persistent existence of undernutrition indicated the burden of malnutrition in Nepal.