2024, Vol. 7, Issue 6, Part A

author(s)
Deepika Chandravanshi, Manisha Khaparde, Eshu Sahu, Ishwar Singh, Amit Kumar Sinha and Shakti Verma

abstract
Food security exists when all people at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preference for an active and healthy life. Ensuring food and nutrition security is a challenge for India given its huge population and high level of poverty and malnutrition. The present study was carried out on nutritional garden towards improving nutritional security in farm households. Recommended dietary allowances (RDA), daily intake of vegetables should be 300 gm/person including roots and tubers, green leafy and other vegetables. In vegetable crops production a total profit of ten times i.e. Rs. 2700 to 3500 can be obtained and can improve diet and income of farmer families of the rural areas. This would not only enhance the income of the families but would also help in getting a proper balanced diet to the family in the country where nutritional requirement lacks in our daily food. A vegetable garden typically includes divided areas of land, intended to grow one or two types of plant or many varieties. It is usually located to the rear of a property in back yard of the house. It is also a mode of earning and increasing the nutritional quality of the food a family needs. During the year (2020-21) front line demonstration was conducted in Nutri Smart Village (7 villages), Dhamtari District at back yard nutritional garden for the purpose of enrichment of balance nutrient diet of the rural community and participation of rural women.