Profile of the Tribal Families from Palghar District
Abstract
This paper examines the profile of the tribal families from Palghar district. The study was conducted at the Palghar district. A sample of 120 tribal families were considered as respondents for present study. The respondents were interviewed with the help of specially designed schedule. Collected data was classified, tabulated and analysed by using various statistical method. The result of the study showed that most of the respondents have ‘medium’ family education status, ‘medium’ family size, ‘medium’ annual family income, ‘cultivation’ as their major occupation, ‘marginal’ land holding, ‘fair’ cropping pattern, ‘medium’ farming experience and ‘low’ social participation. The extension workers should consider these facts while planning and executing programmes for development of the tribal families living in Palghar district.
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Introduction
Food consumption pattern and food habits is an essential part of any culture. An important part of healthy lifestyle is proper intake of food. The benefits of proper intake of food are observed in wide range of studies. There is a large difference in food consumption pattern of our country India. A balanced diet is required because organs and tissues need proper nutrition to work effectively. The tribal communities have vast knowledge about the importance of consumption of wild plants. These groups are homogenous, culturally firm and wish to survive and live their own lifestyle. The choice of food is deeply related to the lifestyle of an individual. Food habits and consumption pattern is greatly influenced by thoughts, beliefs, notions, traditions and taboos of the society. Apart from these socio-cultural barriers, the religion, education, and economic factors do alter the food behaviour. Government has taken number of measures to overcome hunger and malnutrition. The National Food Security Act, 2013, is the Act of Parliament of India which aims to provide subsidized food grains to approximately two third of India’spopulation. It includes Midday Meal Scheme, Integrated Child Development Services scheme and the Public Distribution System. Even though there are many schemes and nutritional programmes to serve the people, there is a great bulk of illness in our country. Hence, eating good food in one of the pleasures of life.
Conclusion
The result of the study showed that most of the respondents have ‘medium’ family education status, ‘medium’ family size, ‘medium’ annual family income, ‘cultivation’ as their major occupation, ‘marginal’ land holding, ‘fair’ cropping pattern, ‘medium’ farming experience and ‘low’ social participation. The extension workers should consider these facts while planning and executing programmes for development of the tribal families living in Palghar district.