Vol. 17 No. 2
Awareness on consumption as well as cultivation of some iron rich leafy vegetables under foot hills of West Bengal : A descriptive study
Author(s): K. DAS, B. MAITY, R. CHATTERJEE, K. PRADHAN AND P. K. PAUL
Abstract: An exploratory study was conducted during January 2019 to February 2020 in five different villages of Cooch Behar district of West Bengal on the basis of semi-structured interview schedule to assess the level of awareness of the rural people about consumption of iron rich leafy vegetables to mitigate the problem of iron deficiency anaemia which is reported to be a worldwide health problem. In totality sixty numbers of randomly selected respondents from five villages were considered for primary data collection. 53 respondents (88.33 %) were reported to acquire medium level of knowledge whereas higher level of knowledge about consumption of different iron rich leafy vegetables was totally absent among the respondents which might be attributed to scarce of scientific nutrition education. In the correlation analysis the awareness level of the respondents is positively and significantly associated with the scientific education of the respondents. Therefore, enhancement of awareness level and scientific education of the rural respondents through different awareness building programmes might be a suitable alternative to alleviate occurrence of iron scarcity imparted anaemia.
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