Abstract
The present study was conducted at Ishurdi Upazila under Pabna district, Bangladesh during 2018 to investigate the homestead vegetable production and its impact on calorie supplement as rural farm family nutrition. A total of 90 farm household heads were randomly selected as respondent for the present study from randomly selected three villages of the Upazila. Data were collected through pre-tested interview schedule. More than half of household heads were middle aged group having moderate extension contact and medium annual income categories. More than two-third of them had primary to secondary level of education. Female household heads spent 6.3% time for homestead vegetable cultivation in case of small farm family followed by medium farm family (5.0%) and large farm family (2.1%). Medium farm family intake was about 3.2%, calorie from homestead vegetable garden whereas the small farm family intake was 2.2% and large farm family intake was 1.7% of the same. Marginal and large farm families spent minimum time for homestead vegetable gardening and consume flesher calories from their homestead garden. Lack of quality seeds and capital with high input cost were the most vibrant problems faced by the farm households. Key words: Calorie, food security, homestead, nutrition, production, vegetable gardening.
Highlights
Bangladesh is regarded as one of the most densely populated area of the world and all these cultivable land decreasing day by day for increasing of population
Homestead vegetable gardening was considered under four sub-heads, viz. vegetable grown in homestead; time spent in household activity and homestead vegetable garden; daily per head vegetable consumption and calorie intake from homestead gardening
+ 65 g + 60 g) = 175 g head-1 day-1 from their homestead garden, commercial field and purchase, respectively which was followed by large farmers (30 g + 60 g + 80 g) = 170 g head-1 day-1 and the lowest amount of vegetables consumption by marginal farmers (20 g+ 45 g+ 50 g) = 115 g head-1 day-1
Summary
Bangladesh is regarded as one of the most densely populated area of the world and all these cultivable land decreasing day by day for increasing of population. The development of Bangladesh depends largely on the development of agriculture sector which contributes 19.1% of the GDP (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, 2015). About 70.0% of the total population lives in rural areas and their livelihood directly or indirectly depends on agriculture. Agriculture is the backbones of the economy of Bangladesh. Vegetables are rich sources of essential vitamins such as A, C, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine and minerals such as calcium and iron. They contribute to the intake of essentials nutrients from other foods by making them more palatable.
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