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Farm production diversity and dietary quality: linkages and measurement issues [PDF]

Food Security, 2018
Recent research has analyzed whether higher levels of farm production diversity contribute to improved diets in smallholder farm households. We add to this literature by using and comparing different indicators, thus helping to better understand some of the underlying linkages. The analysis builds on data from Indonesia, Kenya, and Uganda.
Kibrom T Sibhatu, Matin Qaim
exaly   +5 more sources

Farm Production Diversity and Household Dietary Diversity: Panel Data Evidence From Rural Households in Tanzania

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021
Evidence on whether diversifying farm production leads to improved household dietary diversity and nutrition remains inconclusive. Existing studies analyzing the link between production diversity and dietary diversity are mainly based on cross-sectional ...
Lemlem Teklegiorgis Habtemariam, Christoph Gornott, Christoph Gornott, Harry Hoffmann, Stefan Sieber, Stefan Sieber   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Genetic Diversity and Structure of Taiwan Commercial Red-Feathered Country Chickens [PDF]

Animals
Whole-genome sequencing is a powerful approach for exploring genomic diversity in livestock species. Chickens (Gallus gallus) are an important food source worldwide, and in Taiwan, poultry production contributes substantially to the livestock industry ...
Ya-Wen Hsiao, Kang-Yi Su, Chi-Sheng Chang   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Involvement of small-scale dairy farms in an industrial supply chain: When production standards meet farm diversity [PDF]

Animal, 2011
In certain contexts, dairy firms are supplied by small-scale family farms. Firms provide a set of technical and economic recommendations meant to help farmers meet their requirements in terms of the quantity and quality of milk collected.
Bernard, Jennifer, Hostiou, Nathalie, Le Gal, Pierre-Yves, Moulin, Charles-Henri, Triomphe, Bernard   +4 more
core   +8 more sources

The joint influence of farm production diversity and market food purchase visits on smallholder household diets in Northern Ethiopia

Discover Food
Consumption of nutritionally poor and monotonous diets causes many smallholders in low-income countries to suffer from micronutrient malnutrition. Although empirical evidence is mixed, increasing farm production diversity and improving smallholder market
Tsegay Balcha, Edward Lahiff, Trevor Donnellan, Nick Chisholm   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The influence of farm production diversity on women’s dietary quality in Ethiopia

Discover Food
Malnutrition remains a significant global challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, such as Ethiopia, where the great majority of smallholder farm households rely on agriculture as a crucial source of both food and income.
Temesgen Awoke Yalew, Alebel B. Weldesilassie, Stephen Thornhill, Edward Lahiff   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Does crop diversity contribute to dietary diversity? Evidence from integration of vegetables into maize-based farming systems [PDF]

Agriculture & Food Security, 2017
Background Maize is the most important staple crop for food security and livelihood of smallholder farmers in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, but it alone cannot ensure food security.
Srinivasulu Rajendran, Victor Afari-Sefa, Apurba Shee, Temesgen Bocher, Mateete Bekunda, Inviolate dominick, Philipo Joseph Lukumay   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Off-farm employment, agriculture production activities, and household dietary diversity in environmentally and economically vulnerable areas of Asia

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Access to off-farm employment has been expected to be a critical approach to ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition, two important targets of achieving Zero Hunger.
Yunli Bai, Xuanye Zeng, Chao Fu, Linxiu Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women of Reproductive Age (MDD-W) Indicator Is Related to Household Food Insecurity and Farm Production Diversity: Evidence from Rural Mali. [PDF]

Curr Dev Nutr, 2019
Adubra L, Savy M, Fortin S, Kameli Y, Kodjo NE, Fainke K, Mahamadou T, Le Port A, Martin-Prevel Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

On the appropriate use and interpretation of dietary diversity scores. Response to: 'Farm production diversity and individual-level dietary diversity' by Koppmair and Qaim. [PDF]

Public Health Nutr, 2017
Verger EO, Jones AD, Dop MC, Martin-Prével Y.   +3 more
europepmc   +5 more sources