A study was conducted on farm women of Women and Youth Training Extension Project (WYTEP) beneficiary (200) and non-beneficiary (100) to know the effect of WYTEP on food security of farm women in Mandya district of Karnataka. The mean intake of farm women of WYTEP beneficiary was found to be protein (47.3 g), fat (17.2 g), Iron(23.4mg),vitamin A (512μg), riboflavin(1.0mg), Niacin(13.8mg) and energy (2051K.cal) where as it was comparatively less among the non beneficiary group. The study was also revealed that the intake of nutrients by the farm women of both the groups were below the RDA except calcium.
Food security, Farm women
