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Consumption Behaviour of Rural Households:A Micro Level Study of Rajasthan, India


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1 College of Agriculture, Agriculture University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), India
2 National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad (Telangana), India
     

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Changing pattern in food consumption and calorie intake has captured great attention among researchers and policy makers for a long time in India. Increasing preferences towards non-food from food items and from low to high value foods is evident in last three decades. NSS survey reveals that, share of consumption expenditure on food items had declined from 64.0 per cent in 1977-78 to 53.6 per cent in 2009-10 in rural India. In urban India, it was 56.4 per cent and 40.7 per cent, respectively during the periods (NSSO, 2010).

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Changing Pattern, Food Consumption, Calorie Intake, Milk, Meat, Fruits.
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Authors

Phool Chand Meena
College of Agriculture, Agriculture University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), India
Prem Chand Meena
National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad (Telangana), India
Lokesh Kumar Jain
College of Agriculture, Agriculture University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), India

Abstract


Changing pattern in food consumption and calorie intake has captured great attention among researchers and policy makers for a long time in India. Increasing preferences towards non-food from food items and from low to high value foods is evident in last three decades. NSS survey reveals that, share of consumption expenditure on food items had declined from 64.0 per cent in 1977-78 to 53.6 per cent in 2009-10 in rural India. In urban India, it was 56.4 per cent and 40.7 per cent, respectively during the periods (NSSO, 2010).

Keywords


Changing Pattern, Food Consumption, Calorie Intake, Milk, Meat, Fruits.

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