Livestock component as a source in reduction of nutritional povertyâ€“ An evidence from rural Tamil Nadu

G SENTHIL KUMAR; K N SELVAKUMAR; M PRABU; A SERMA SARAVANA PANDIAN; C VALLI; M S KANNADHASAN

doi:10.56093/ijans.v92i1.120943

Authors

G SENTHIL KUMAR Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 007 India
K N SELVAKUMAR Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 007 India
M PRABU Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 007 India
A SERMA SARAVANA PANDIAN Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 007 India
C VALLI Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 007 India
M S KANNADHASAN Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 007 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v92i1.120943

Keywords:

Calorie, Crop, Fat, Livestock, Nutritional poverty, Protein

Abstract

The average per capita intake of cereals, pulses, milk and egg and meat (including fish) were estimated to be 300 g/ day, 80 g/day, 179.73 g/day, 23.484 numbers per annum and 0.708 kg / month, respectively which were found to be lower than Indian Council of Medical Research recommendations. The daily per capita intake of calorie, protein and fat were estimated to be 1,846 kcal, 43.34 g and 20.21 g which were lesser than the recommendations of the Planning commission. The prevalence of nutritional poverty was noticed to be higher than the economic poverty irrespective of occupational category. Further, the incidence of nutritional poverty was the highest among agricultural labourers (100%), followed by fishermen (94.12%) and non-farm workers (92.26%). However, it was comparatively lesser among crop cultivator (72.63%), livestock farmer (73.40%) and crop + livestock farmers (75.53%). Crop cultivators, livestock farmers and crop + livestock farmers were found to receive considerable macro-nutrients and thus there was lesser incidence of nutritional poverty when compared to other occupational groups.

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