Bhattacharya, LeenaVijaya Lakshmi, G.2019-12-022019-12-022005-01http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810136590The present study was carried out in four districts of Uttaranchal namely Almora, Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital and Tehri Garhwal to study household production of cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables in selected household of Uttaranchal and per consumption unit availability of these food crops, to study the actual intake of food crops in the selected households and to assess the adequacy of nutrients in the daily diet of households. For each district thirty to thirty five families were chosen for the study. Data was collected by interview method using questionnaire. Results showed that production of total cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables was highest in Nainital district and lowest in Tehri Garhwal district. Udham Singh Nagar district and Almora district occupied second and third position in production. Per consumption unit availability of cereals, pulses and vegetable was higher than the ICMR recommendations in Nainital district and Udham Singh Nagar district whereas it was lower than the ICMR recommendations in Almora district and Tehri Garhwal district. Per consumption unit availability of fruits was lesser than the ICMR recommendations in all the four studied districts. Percentage adequacy of cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables was highest in Nainital district and Udham Singh Nagar was in second position in adequacy. Lowest adequacy was found in Tehri Garhwal district. Adequacy of protein, energy, calcium, iron, carotene, thiamin, riboflavin and niacin was less than the RDA given by ICMR in all the studied districts. Adequacy of fat and vitamin C in Nainital district was above the RDA given by ICMR. Production, per consumption unit availability and adequacy was better in small farm families than marginal farm families of all the studied districts.ennullThesis