Economics of Dietary Pattern of Cultivating Families in Sindhudurg District ( M. S.)

Among the three necessities of life, food is the foremost. Adequate and nutritious food is necessary for good physical and mental development. A good health and sound man power base needed for agricultural growth is ultimately dependent on nutritious diet. A poor nutrition on the contrary hampers, health and productivity of labour resulting in stagnation of agricultural growth- Balanced diet which also includes protective foods is essential to protect human body from deficiency and other diseases and prevent body deformities. Indian diet has always consisted of cereals and pulses reports Sukhatme' Dandekar and Rath have found that about 50 per cent of the urban population in the country was below the level of expenditure corresponding to 2250 calories.