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An Empirical Study of Food Security and Food Consumption Pattern in the District of Puruliya in West Bengal

Author(s) Diti Banerjee, Maniklal Adhikary
Country India
Abstract Puruliya is one of the most backward districts in the state of West Bengal. Insufficiency of food and hence the resultant lack of nutrition for maintaining appropriate standard of living are the common features in the life of people in Puruliya. In this study we want to investigate the status of food security of the households in the rural and urban region of Puruliya due to variation in income and the choice of their food basket. A cross sectional study on 750 households of Puruliya from both rural and urban household has been made to compute the food consumption pattern at the household level using four point Likert scale. Based on the food consumption pattern, the indicator of food security at household level has been calculated on the basis of actual calorie availed by the households from the intake of food as proportion to the medically required calorie. The result of the study shows that the rural population (39.87%) suffers from food insecurity more than the urban population (13.60%). Logit regression analysis has been applied to look into the impact of food consumption pattern along with other determinants on the food security. Our analysis shows that food consumption pattern (0.013) and family income (0.004) has direct relation with food security. Holding PDS card does not reflect very much impact on food security and that may be because of not providing diverse food groups to ensure balanced diet instead of cereal based calories.
Keywords Food security, Calorie deprivation, Food Consumption Pattern, Balanced Diet
Field Sociology > Economics
Published In Volume 5, Issue 2, March-April 2023
Published On 2023-04-23
Cite This An Empirical Study of Food Security and Food Consumption Pattern in the District of Puruliya in West Bengal - Diti Banerjee, Maniklal Adhikary - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 2, March-April 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.2250
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.2250
Short DOI https://doi.org/gr6h9w
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