The study was carried out in all four State Agricultural Universities of Gujarat, all eleven agriculture diploma colleges were selected from all SAUs and 20 final year students were selected from each agriculture diploma college on the basis of random sampling. Total sample was comprised 220 respondents for the study. Ex-post facto research design was used for the study. The result indicated that a slightly more than half (54.10 per cent) of the agriculture diploma students had high level of farming adopting willingness, followed by 33.63 per cent of them were with medium level of overall farming adopting willingness and 11.37 per cent of them were with very high level of farming adopting willingness. The result indicates that only 0.90 per cent of the respondents were with low level of farming adopting willingness. The farming adopting willingness of the agriculture diploma students was observed positively correlated with their academic performance, native, family size, landholding, occupation of parents and self-confidence. Whereas, it was seen negatively significant with their mother’s education.

Food security is one of the leading issues of many nations globally. The magnitude of malnutrition necessitates the need for nutrition education. Kitchen gardening can play a significant role in improving food security for rural households as well as middle-class urban households in developing countries like India. The study was conducted in the Anand district of middle Gujarat. A total of 100 respondents were selected for the study. The ex-post facto research design was adopted. For measuring the attitude of women towards kitchen gardening, the scale developed by the department of agricultural extension and communication were used. Data were collected through personal interviews using the pre-tested structured interview schedule. The results of the study stated that about half (51.00 per cent) of the respondents had positive to highly positive overall attitude towards kitchen gardening.