IMPACT OF NUTRITION GARDEN ON AVAILABILITY OF CHILD NUTRITION REQUIREMENT UNDER DIBRUGARH DISTRICT, ASSAM, INDIAS.B. Saikia, D. Sharmah, S. Baruah, S. Sarma4 and S. PaulAbstract In present day context fulfilling the nutritional requirement of a person as per RDA is lacking due to various reasons such as adulteration in food, lack of awareness in nutrition of food items, method of cultivation of crops, preparation of recipes which leads to under nutrition in many individuals in the society. The present study was conducted in 2019-20, 2021-22 in Dibrugarh district to find out the impact of nutritional garden in Anganwadi centres. The result of the study revealed an improvement in availability and utility of vegetables from the gardens for beneficiaries of the centres. The per capita availability of all the nutrients increased especially in protein from 4.54% to 50%. The knowledge level of anganwadi workers and helpers increased highest in post harvest management and value addition from 30% to 93% after attending training programme, awareness programmes and interactions with targeted beneficiaries. Establishment of nutrition garden in anganwadi centres contributes to nutrient availability above 50 % in protein, vitamin A & vitamin C and increased vegetable consumption (45.00 %) in the selected centres. |