摘要 : The study was conducted in two villages (Bhimal and Mandap) of district Udaipur with the objective to determine the impact of nutri-garden on food security in terms of increase in vegetable consumption. One hundred respondents (50... 展开 The study was conducted in two villages (Bhimal and Mandap) of district Udaipur with the objective to determine the impact of nutri-garden on food security in terms of increase in vegetable consumption. One hundred respondents (50 nutri-gardeners and 50non-nutri-gardeners) were randomly selected from the participating farmers of KVK's Nutri-Garden demonstration. Data were collected by face-to-face interview with the help of interview schedule. Most of the respondents were middle-aged having small farmsize and primary level education. Both the groups had average family size ranging between 5-6 members and annual income between Rs. 25001 to 50000. The average vegetable consumption increased in the nutri-garden in all three seasons-rabi (122%), kharif (151.85%) and zaid (180%). Per day consumption of vegetables was found to be 81.01% higher in nutri-garden (272.84 g/day) than the subjects not having nutri-garden (150.73 g/day). The calorie intake per day from vegetables was also recorded to be 126.55%higher in subjects having nutri-garden (110.15 kcal/day) than those who did not. Major constraints with nutri-garden as faced by the respondents were lack of irrigation facilities and damage of garden by animals. It was concluded from the present study that nutri-garden indeed had a positive impact in ensuring the food security among rural populations and should be popularized. 收起