HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION STATUS OF THE RURAL FAMJLIES OF JAMALPUR SADAR UPAZILA

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to determine the household food consumption status of the farm families. Data were collected from a random sampling of 112 families out of 750 families in four selected villages of Sadar upazila of Jamalpur District. The data were collected through personal interviewing by using pre-tested structured questionnaire during 28 January to 15 February, 2013. .Appropriate scales were developed and used to measure the concern variables. I lousehold food consumption status was the predicted variable and the selected ten characteristics of the farm families constituted the experimental variable of the study. The food consumption of the farm families was divided into three categories i.e. low food consumption families were 17 percent, medium food consumption families were 71.4 percent and high food consumption families were 11.6 percent. Among ten characteristics of the farm families. Family Education. Effective Farm Size, Annual Family Income, Knowledge on Agriculture, Innovativeness, Family Training Exposure, Agricultural Input Availability, Commercialization and Aspiration were positively correlated but only Family Size was negatively correlated.

The characteristics rc. Effective Farm Size, Annual Family Income, Knowledge on Agriculture. Commercialization of the respondents showed significant correlation with their achievement of the household food consumption status. Considering the main focus of the study, it can be concluded that most of the farm families have medium food consumption status.