A Study On Perception, Consumption Pattern And Traditional Practices Of Millets Among Families Of Udaipur City
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2023
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MPUAT, Udaipur
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Millets are small-seeded annual grasses grown as grain crops in 131 nations. They are a rich source of nutrients and are a staple diet for 59 crore people in Asia and Africa. They can lower the chance of cardiovascular problems, aid in weight reduction, and contain vitamins B and phosphorus. The present study analyzed the “A study on Perception, Consumption pattern and traditional practices of millets among families of Udaipur city” .Specific objective of study were To assess the consumption pattern of millets among families of Udaipur.,to explore the millets based products available in local market and to develop informational booklet on millets to create awareness.A structured questionare was developed for women . For data collection 120 respodents were selected . It was found that there is significant difference in frequency of consumption of millets with age (32.989) and education (73.937) which is significant at 0.05 level It infers that there is significant impact of age on frequency of consumption of millets and It was found that there is significant difference in frequency for choosing particular grain with age (50.210) and education (38.009 )which is significant at 0.05 level It infers that there is significant impact of education on reason for choosing particular grain
The market survey was conducted to collect information about millets and millets by products available in the market. Different brands were available, such as Slurp, Sunfeast, Britania, Aashirvaad, Tata soulful, Health Sutra, Mtr, Timios, and True elements. All the millet based brands and products were given in a booklet, which contained relevant information about millets, types of millets, benefits of each millet, nutritional composition, and traditional food preparations based on millets.
As millet year is going on consumers are getting aware about it and by knowing their benefits they are consuming it ,change is going on and in few coming years everyone is going to consume millets and there is also need for health promotion activities to promote consumption of millets on regular by the community
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Jain P. and Mogra R.