• Bikash Hazarika

Food is one of the most important basic necessities of human life. Hence, a healthy and well-nourished population is imperative for building a strong nation. Therefore, food security should ensure both adequate food availability and desired nutrition. There is a strong link between food security, good nutrition and gender. A gender approach to food security can enable shift in gender power relations and assure that all people, regardless of gender, benefit from, and are empowered by development policies and practices to improve food security and nutrition. Rural women (especially among ST community) have a significant role in the four pillars related to food security; availability, accessibility, utilization and stability. Food security is a major problem of the state like Assam, because of shortage of food grain production, poverty and lack of nutritional knowledge. In this study, an attempt has been made to assess the status of food security among the ST women of Lakhimpur district of Assam. For finding out the level of food security Per Capita per day Calorie Intake (PCCI) and Food Insecurity Gap (FIG) analysis have been employed. Calculated calorie intake of sample women have been compared with 2230 kilocalories, which is recommended by Indian Council of Medical Research for an adult women doing moderate activity (NIN, 2010). For obtaining final sample, multistage mix-sampling technique has been used. It has been found that out of 152 sample women only 50.66 percent has been found as food secure and another 49.34 percent is found as food insecure.

Food Security, Women, ST Community, Per Capita per day Calorie Intake, Lakhimpur.

"Food Security of the Schedule Tribe (ST) Women: A Case Study of Lakhimpur District of Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.830-836, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906J61.pdf

"Food Security of the Schedule Tribe (ST) Women: A Case Study of Lakhimpur District of Assam", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp830-836, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906J61.pdf