Impact of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic on food security among Ho indigenous community of Jharkhand, India

Table 3 Change in access to different food environment among Ho indigenous community during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic as compared to pre-COVID-19 times

S.no	Characteristic	N (%)
1	Change in access to food from wild food environment (forests, water sources, pastures)
	Easy	28 (13.2)
	Difficult	114 (53.5)
	No change	63 (29.5)
	Not applicable	08 (3.8)
2	Change in access to food from cultivated food environment (agricultural land, kitchen garden)
	Easy	29 (13.6)
	Difficult	135 (63.4)
	No change	43 (20.2)
	Not applicable	06 (2.8)
3	Change in access to food from built food environment—formal market (government food security programs) (N = 158)
3.1	Change in receiving subsidized food items from TPDS¹
	Easy	115 (72.8)
	Difficult	28 (17.7)
	No change	11 (7.0)
	Not applicable	04 (2.5)
3.2	Change in receiving Hot cooked meal under ICDS²
	Easy	26 (16.5)
	Difficult	85 (53.8)
	No change	06 (3.8)
	Not applicable	41 (25.9)
3.3	Change in receiving Take home ration under ICDS
	Easy	35 (22.2)
	Difficult	68 (43.1)
	No change	11 (6.7)
	Not applicable	44 (27.9)
3.4	Change in receiving food from Mid-day meal scheme
	Easy	28 (17.7)
	Difficult	89 (56.4)
	No change	07 (4.4)
	Not applicable	34 (21.5)
4	Change in access to built food environment—informal weekly markets
	Easy	08 (3.8)
	Difficult	191 (89.7)
	No change	10 (4.7)
	Not applicable	04 (1.8)

¹TPDS: Targeted Public Distribution System provides food grains (10 kg/month/family) to the population falling below poverty line at specially subsidised prices via fixed price shops
²ICDS: Integrated Child Development Services Scheme is a flagship programme by Ministry of women and child development, government of India targeting early childhood care and development

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