Impact of nutritional kitchen garden trainings imparted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh

Kitchen Garden is the primary or main step to increase vegetables production as well as creating provision of cheap vegetables to the farmers and their families round the year. The main focus of the study was to assess the impact of kitchen garden demonstrations given by KVK, Shahdol under frontline demonstrations in three adopted villages Dadratola, Sinduri Chuniya and Kathothiya, Madhya Pradesh. Capacity building of farm women in kitchen gardening was the focus and twenty trainees of kitchen gardening were selected randomly from each location to assess the impact. The study showed that kitchen gardening increased nutritional security round the year and income of the growers in the study area. It was recommended that long-term interventions were required to support livelihoods along with linking to the market and making strategies with communities to improve access to products and services.