B.C. Ashwini

• Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Economics
• Research Associate at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

The study was taken in rural-urban interface of Bangalore to examine the participation of households in different marketing chains and production diversification on food insecurity status among selected households. Herfindahl-Hirschman (HH) index was used to estimate the crop Original Research Article Ashwini et al.; J. Exp. 263 diversification in...

This study examined the impact of COVID-19 on food security across the rural-urban interface of Bangalore. The primary data for the study was collected from 482 households through telephonic survey. The Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) approach was used to estimate the prevalence of food insecurity. The study found that during the COV...

Biodiesel is a renewable and environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional diesel fuel, derived from biological sources such as plant oils or animal fats. It is a type of biofuel that can be used in diesel engines with little to no modification, offering a more sustainable and cleaner energy option for transportation and industrial applica...

Urban Invasion on Agriculture and Livelihood Urban invasion into rural space may affect the dynamics of agriculture, ecology and socio-economic systems in the rural-urban interface to varying degrees. Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of such process would help in preventing the possibility that socio-ecological systems along the ru...

Based on a primary survey conducted in the rural–urban interface of Bangalore, this study contributes to the understanding of the relationship between dietary diversity (DD) and anthropometric outcomes of young children (6 months – 5 years) (measured by weight-for-age (WAZ), weight-for-height (WHZ), and height-for-age (HAZ) z-scores), school-aged c...

Food security is defined as when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life (World Food Programme, 1996). Over the years food security is affected by changing climate, growing global population, rising food prices...

Purpose India is facing a double burden of malnutrition, i.e. undernutrition and obesity. Women and adolescent health and nutrition are very relevant issues which have not received much attention it deserves in India, especially in the context of a girl child. Hence, the purpose of this study is to assess malnutrition among women and adolescent gir...

Farmers and agricultural workers are believed to be healthier and have lower morbidity and mortality rates than non-farming rural and urban populations. On the other hand, farming itself and farming-related tasks entail significant hazards to the health and well-being of farmers. Farmers work long hours in hazardous and physically demanding work en...

Evaluation plays a crucial role in a policy or programme implementation process. A planned and organized approach to reviewing, analysing and investigating both the validity and intended or unintended effects of a particular policy or program helps to understand the direction of the programme or policy to achieve the established objectives. More co...

Peri-urban agriculture is defined as an industry located within or on the fringe of a town, a city or a metropolis, which grows or raises, processes and distributes, diversity of food and non-food products using largely human and material resources, products and services found in and around the urban areas. Urbanization has bought major changes in...

India is experiencing a puzzling contradiction of food and nutritional insecurity as measured by calorie intake, despite its impressive economic growth. This study quantifies the food and calorie intake to analyse the status of food security and factors influencing it along the rural–urban interface of Bengaluru. It uses primary data from 1275 hous...

In India, the linkages between agriculture and nutrition are complex and often debated in the policy discourse. Over the past two decades, agricultural production and per capita availability of food grains have increased. In this context, the study has examined the food consumption patterns, the relationship between agricultural production and diet...

The paper makes an assessment of the food security situation and food consumption pattern of households in the rural-urban interface of Bangalore. A multistage random sampling technique was adopted to select 1275 sample households, of which 616 households were from the north transect and 659 were from the south transect. The required data were coll...

The study aims to assess the food security status of households in the north and south transects along the rural–urban interface of Bangalore. Based on the recommended daily calorie intake, 72.2% of the households in the north transect and 68.6% in the south transect were food-secure. In both transects, the proportion of food-secure households was...

The paper has examined the pattern of food consumption, dietary diversity and factors influencing dietary diversity across rural-urban interface of Bangalore. The study is based on the primary data of 510 households comprising of 189 rural, 211 transition and 110 urban households. Simpson Index of Dietary Diversity (SIDD) was employed to estimate t...