Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Hira Dhar Chudali, Auindrila Biswas, Anmol Giri and Md. H Ali

Abstract:
More than 60% of all food consumed was made up of cereals in the four villages (village 1-Amile, village 2-Bhaishithala, village 3-Jogi Mare & village 4-Rampath) of Dibharna Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Arghakhanchi district of Nepal. Fish and egg consumption were found to be very insignificant in case of all four villages. Among the non-food expenditure, Education was the area in which majority of their expenditure was spent (> 10% of their total expenditure). As cereals were the main component in their diet, it was found that calorie, carbohydrate and protein intake were maximum from cereals. In case of fat intake, the main source was edible oil, followed by cereals and milk. When the recommended doses of calorie (2425 kcal/capita/day), carbohydrate (130 gm/capita/day), protein (60 gm/capita/day) and fat (20 gm/capita/day) were compared with their actual intake, it was prominent that the sample respondents of all four villages had consumed more than the recommended doses, except for village-4, i.e. Rampath. While, the sample respondents of village-4 (Rampath) were found to have consumed more amount of carbohydrate, protein and fat than the recommended doses but they did not consume enough amount of calories (2307.41 kcal/capita/day).