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VOL. 10, ISSUE 6 (2025)
Nutritional security through nutri-garden for rural household’s empowerment
Authors
Dr. P G Thenmozhi
Abstract
India has a rich heritage of indigenous fruits and vegetables. They are
not only rich in minerals and vitamins but also contribute in a big way in
maintaining health and overcoming hunger and malnutrition. Among the rural
community their consumption is very low due to lack of purchasing power
ignorance and other factors including unavailability. Despite of sufficient
food grain production at national level, malnutrition is still a public health
concern in our country. India is also one of the leading nations in vegetable
production but the problem of malnutrition especially the micronutrient
deficiencies are very common among the rural households. The underlying cause
may be the unawareness, illiteracy, inadequate availability of vegetables and
fruits and low purchasing power of the households. As per Recommended Dietary Allowances, daily intake of
vegetables should be 300 gm/person including roots and tubers, green leafy and
other vegetables. Keeping into consideration the high prevalence of
malnutrition especially micronutrient deficiencies and inadequate availability
of vegetables, Krishi Vigyan Kendra Namakkal has carried out 17 demonstrations
from the year 2024 to 2025 on nutritional kitchen gardening. Prior to this, a
total of seventeen training programmes were conducted including 164
participants on importance and establishment of nutrition kitchen garden in the
same villages. The major objective was to improve the availability of
vegetables and nutrient intake at household level and to improve the knowledge
of rural women regarding various technological aspects of kitchen gardening and
its importance. For the conduction of demonstrations, families of 4-6 members
were selected purposively. An area of 250m2 was taken to establish kitchen
garden for each family. A questionnaire was used to assess the pre and post
training knowledge of participants regarding various aspects of kitchen
gardening. The result of the study showed an improvement in availability of
vegetables for consumption at both household and individual level. The average
per capita availability of vegetables increased from 172 to 278 gm/day. The
knowledge level of beneficiaries has also been improved through training
programmes.
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Pages:90-92
How to cite this article:
Dr. P G Thenmozhi "Nutritional security through nutri-garden for rural household’s empowerment". International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition, Vol 10, Issue 6, 2025, Pages 90-92
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