KNOWLEDGE ON NUTRITION OF RURAL WOMEN OF ASSAM

I. GOHAIN¹*, J. SARMAH^2
1Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Community Science, Assam agriculture university, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
²Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Community Science, Assam agriculture university, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
* Corresponding Author : ingitagohain@gmail.com

Received : 15-08-2019     Accepted : 27-08-2019     Published : 30-08-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 16       Pages : 8916 - 8918
Int J Agr Sci 11.16 (2019):8916-8918

Keywords : Rural women, Nutrition, Knowledge and Assam
Academic Editor : Dr Dipak Nath, Shivendu Pratap Singh Solanki
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Extension and Communication Management, College of Community Science, Assam agriculture university, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study was carried out in the state of Assam, India with 270 randomly selected rural women of 3 districts, viz., Tinsukia, Nagaon and Barpeta districts to find the existing knowledge level of respondents on nutrition. Majority of the respondents had medium level of knowledge on nutrition, namely Barpeta (67.78%), Nagaon (61.11%) and Tinsukia (61.11%). It was observed that Nagaon district had the highest number of respondents (23.33%) with low level of knowledge on nutrition in comparison to Barpeta (20.00%) and Tinsukia (20.00%). Among the three assessed districts, Tinsukia had the highest percentage of respondents (18.88 %) having high level of knowledge on Nutrition

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