International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
NP Jangwad, SS Choudhari, PK Wakle and SC Nagpure

abstract
The present research was undertaken on topic "Perception of beneficiary about kitchen gardening under farming system for nutrition project” was conducted in Delanwadi, Dhumankheda and Nandgaon villages of Sindewahi taluka in Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra state with exploratory research design of social research was used for study. The data were collected, examined, classified, quantified and tabulated by personally interviewing the 120 randomly selected beneficiaries with the help of structured interview schedule. Frequencies, mean, standard deviation and coefficient of correlation was employed for interpreting the results. Kitchen Gardening is an important component for household food security contributes to household income and savings and improves the health and nutritional well-being of the family. An exploratory design of social research was used for the present investigation aims at assessing the beneficiaries. The findings of the research study revealed that majority of the beneficiaries (70%) possessed high level of perception about kitchen gardening followed by medium (17.50%) and low (12.50%) extent of perception about kitchen gardening.