Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia

Abstract Micronutrient deficiencies in low‐income countries are associated with the monotonous consumption of nutrient‐deficient crops, contributing to childhood stunting with far‐reaching socioeconomic consequences. To promote nutrition sensitive agriculture, policy makers in such countries have em...

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Autores principales:	Chewe Nkonde, Keiron Audain, Rebecca N. Kiwanuka‐Lubinda, Pamela Marinda
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Publicado:	Wiley 2021
Materias:	agricultural diversification children dietary diversity policy rural households stunting Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8cb0246a8b294fb59d2abd63012b5a9a2021-11-04T13:06:43ZEffect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia2048-717710.1002/fsn3.2587https://doaj.org/article/8cb0246a8b294fb59d2abd63012b5a9a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.2587https://doaj.org/toc/2048-7177Abstract Micronutrient deficiencies in low‐income countries are associated with the monotonous consumption of nutrient‐deficient crops, contributing to childhood stunting with far‐reaching socioeconomic consequences. To promote nutrition sensitive agriculture, policy makers in such countries have embarked on policy initiatives that encourage agricultural diversification in smallholder farming systems. This paper investigates the link between agricultural diversification and two key indicators of food and nutrition security among children under 5 years in rural Zambia. Data from the 2015 Rural Agricultural Livelihoods Survey and regression models are used to explain household dietary diversity and months of inadequate household food provisioning among 7934 households. Factors associated with the key outcome variables include land cultivated, household size, total livestock units, household head education, households receiving extension information, and use of productivity‐enhancing inputs such as fertilizers. Although the results demonstrate that agricultural diversification is positively associated with the household dietary diversity score, the relationship is not statistically significant. Further, the study findings illustrate that agricultural diversity is negatively associated with months of inadequate household food provisioning but that this relationship is also not statistically significant. The implication for policy is that other interventions such as productivity enhancement and behavioral change communication need to be scaled up.Chewe NkondeKeiron AudainRebecca N. Kiwanuka‐LubindaPamela MarindaWileyarticleagricultural diversificationchildrendietary diversitypolicyrural householdsstuntingNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENFood Science & Nutrition, Vol 9, Iss 11, Pp 6274-6285 (2021)
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spellingShingle	agricultural diversification children dietary diversity policy rural households stunting Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Chewe Nkonde Keiron Audain Rebecca N. Kiwanuka‐Lubinda Pamela Marinda Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia
description	Abstract Micronutrient deficiencies in low‐income countries are associated with the monotonous consumption of nutrient‐deficient crops, contributing to childhood stunting with far‐reaching socioeconomic consequences. To promote nutrition sensitive agriculture, policy makers in such countries have embarked on policy initiatives that encourage agricultural diversification in smallholder farming systems. This paper investigates the link between agricultural diversification and two key indicators of food and nutrition security among children under 5 years in rural Zambia. Data from the 2015 Rural Agricultural Livelihoods Survey and regression models are used to explain household dietary diversity and months of inadequate household food provisioning among 7934 households. Factors associated with the key outcome variables include land cultivated, household size, total livestock units, household head education, households receiving extension information, and use of productivity‐enhancing inputs such as fertilizers. Although the results demonstrate that agricultural diversification is positively associated with the household dietary diversity score, the relationship is not statistically significant. Further, the study findings illustrate that agricultural diversity is negatively associated with months of inadequate household food provisioning but that this relationship is also not statistically significant. The implication for policy is that other interventions such as productivity enhancement and behavioral change communication need to be scaled up.
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author	Chewe Nkonde Keiron Audain Rebecca N. Kiwanuka‐Lubinda Pamela Marinda
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title	Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia
title_short	Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia
title_full	Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia
title_fullStr	Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia
title_sort	effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in zambia
publisher	Wiley
publishDate	2021
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Effect of agricultural diversification on dietary diversity in rural households with children under 5 years of age in Zambia

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