India is an agrarian economy, where women comprise a large part of the total workforce. The agriculture sector employs 80% of all active women in India, women comprise 33% of the agricultural labour force (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, 2018). A nation with such a large workforce is still deprived of food security, which makes it a matter of utmost concern. A study was conducted in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh to analyze the food security status among farm women. The study reveals that 78% of the sample population belongs to the food insecure category. Majority of farm women nearly 45 % respondent belongs to moderate food insecurity. About of marginal farm women are food insecure. | Assessment of food security among farm women - A case study of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh, India
