Development of climate resilient home garden model for year round production for improving resource-poor household food and nutritional security in Eastern India Kumari Shubha, Anirban Mukherjee, Ujjwal Kumar, Tanmay K. Koley and Arbind K. Choudhary
ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR EASTERN REGION, PATNA
Abstract
Indian Government has long worked to improve food security and reduce poverty and hunger in eastern Indian states.The eastern states are facing malnutrition problems much more than other parts of the country. Vegetables are the sufficient and cheaper source of nutrition. Home gardens can play an important role in providing enhanced food supplyand increased diversity of food to some extent. A model of 100 m2 and 200 m2 were developed and established at ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, India during the year 2019-20. In the winter season from 637g and 596g vegetables were produce per head per day from 100m2 and 200m2 models respectively. Similarly in the summer season 478.22g and 487g vegetables were produce per head per day from 100m2 and 200m2 models respectively. Home garden can provide a significant percentage of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for protein (35%), essential fat (25%), micronutrients like iron (26%), zinc (19%) calcium (20%) and essential vitamin like vitamin A (138%) and vitamin C (211%). Predominately solanaceous vegetables, cole crops and cucurbits were grown in home garden. But if majority of commercial vegetable could be replaced by climate resilience, nutri-dense, legume vegetables, availability of protein, iron and zinc will increase significantly from 35 to 60%, 26 to 55% and zinc 19 to 40% respectively.
