Author(s):

Mallavva Patil and Surekha Sankangoudar

Abstract: The research study was conducted in Dharwad taluk of Dharwad district of Karnataka state during 2018. To know the consumption pattern of minor millets among growers and non growers of minor millets. The sample was selected with 60 millet growers, 60 non-millet growers from same village and 60 non-millet growers from different village, thus sample was 180 farm women. In the sampled villages, foxtail millet (Navane), little millet (Savi) were grown by majority of farmers in the restricted area. Co-relation research design was used with the pretested self structured schedule. The results revealed that, none of the respondents consumed millets daily. About 84.00 per cent of growers 87.23 per cent and 69.05 per cent of non growers of same village and different village respectively consumed millets occasionally. Though the respondents of all the category knew that millets are good for diabetic patient followed by prevents obesity, prevent occurrence of disease.

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