Kitchen garden, dietary diversity, and women's health in rural eastern India: a mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nutrition and food security have been a development priority for decades and remain a major challenge for developing nations like India. Although agriculture is the dominant occupation in India, the rural populations experience poor nutritional outcomes and lag in socio-economic progress. More than half of the Indian women (15-49 years) are anaemic & one-third of the children are stunted. Nutrition-sensitive agricultural practices such as kitchen garden have proven as sustainable methods for reducing undernutrition at affordable costs in different regions. This study aimed to see the relationship between kitchen garden and dietary diversity by using DDS (Dietary Diversity Score) scale in Odisha, India.

Objectives

To assess the relationship between dietary diversit

SUBMITTER: Hazra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11880206 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature