Impact Assessment of Training Related to Malted Sorghum (Jowar) based Weaning Foods among Pregnant and Lactating Women

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Chanchal Payal, Ella Rani, and Shikha Bhukal (Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) is India’s fifth most important cereal crop after rice, wheat, corn, and barley. It is the primary cereal food for over 750 million people living in semi-arid tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (FAO 2006; Awika and Rooney 2006), and in India, it is third most important cereal crop after wheat and rice. Like many cereal grains, sorghum has a variety of uses, including as feeding animals and humans. It is the most significant food crop in the world, coming in second only to wheat, rice, maize, and barley, and is utilized in human nutrition (FAO, 1995). A sample of 100 pregnant and lactating women (25 from each locality) was taken randomly from secondary data available from anganwadi and health care workers of that area from the four selected rural and urban localities. The current study was designed to determine respondents’ awareness of malted sorghum (jowar)-based weaning meals and to examine the effects of malted sorghum (jowar)-based weaning food-related training on breastfeeding and pregnant women. The findings indicate that the participants gained information through training on weaning foods based on malted sorghum (jowar). Additionally, the participants changed their attitudes to a high degree (less than 69%) following the training.