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Linking nutrition education and farm production diversification to fruit and vegetable consumption in Zimbabwe

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2023
The main aim of the research was to analyze whether nutrition education and farm production diversification improved household dietary diversity as well as fruit and vegetable consumption among rural households in Zimbabwe. A cross-sectional survey using
Conrad Murendo, Dowsen Sango, Claudious Hakuna   +2 more
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The role of rubber farming in household dietary diversity in the upper Mekong region, Southwest China

Food and Energy Security, 2021
The expansion of cash tree crops, such as natural rubber, in the tropical region of South Asia has resulted in an agricultural transformation from subsistence production to market‐oriented production, implicating the local ecological environment, economy,
Yajie Luo, Shi Min, Junfei Bai
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Dietary diversity of women from soybean and non-soybean farming households in rural Zambia

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionSoybean farming in Zambia is promoted to increase farm productivity and diversification away from maize, and improve cash income and livelihoods for farmers. However, the impact of soybean farming on women's dietary intake is not clear.
Ndashe Kapulu, Ndashe Kapulu, Christian Chomba, Chewe Nkonde, Melvin Holmes, Simon Manda, Harriet E. Smith, Jennie I. Macdiarmid, Caroline Orfila   +8 more
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Agricultural diversification and intra-household dietary diversity: Panel data analysis of farm households in Bangladesh.

PLoS ONE, 2023
This paper investigates the associations between agricultural diversification and dietary diversity among men, women and children of farm households in Bangladesh.
Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Tamanna Mastura, Avinash Kishore, Jim Woodhill, Kuhu Chatterjee, Tamara Jackson   +6 more
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Production Diversity and Constraints in Smallholder Farms in the Bamboutos Mountain

International Journal of Research and Review, 2021
Smallholder farmer agricultural productivity in developing countries is more often diverse and limited by diverse constraints. For optimal agricultural production and income crops for diversification must be carefully selected and the constraints properly addressed.
Louis Nkembi, Njukeng Jetro Nkengafac, Tankou Christopher Mubeteneh   +2 more
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Socioeconomic determinants of crop diversity in Bule Hora Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

Heliyon, 2022
Crop diversification on the farm is a useful approach, especially in developing countries, where agriculture is the primary source of income. Crop diversity management on the farm is critical for reducing poverty, increasing farm revenue, creating jobs ...
Belay Maru, Melesse Maryo, Getahun Kassa
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Assessment Of Farm Production Diversity and Households’ Nutritional Outcomes in Southwest, Nigeria. [PDF]

Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development
Households use the plants or animal species that are grown in various ways on their farms, and they can sell the product to raise income to buy goods from food markets.
Papa Kao, Chioma Adekunle, Ademola Abayomi, Tolulope Oyekale, Sakiru Akinbode   +4 more
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The relationship between training farmers in agronomic practices and diet diversification: a case study from an intervention under the Scaling Up Nutrition programme in Zambia

Agriculture & Food Security, 2017
Background Agricultural production systems are a sustainable way of providing nutritious and diversified foods especially among rural households in developing countries.
Therese Mwatitha Gondwe, Emmanuel Oladeji Alamu, Mofu Musonda, Numeri Geresomo, Bussie Maziya-Dixon   +4 more
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Regional Farm Diversity Can Reduce Vulnerability of Food Production to Climate Change

Ecology and Society, 2008
Food production must adapt in the face of climate change. In Europe, projected vulnerability of food production to climate change is particularly high in Mediterranean regions.
Pytrik Reidsma, Frank Ewert
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Decision support algorithm to revamp homestead vegetable production for climate resilience and nutrition security

Smart Agricultural Technology, 2023
Inadequate micronutrient diversity in diets remains a serious cause of malnutrition which is prevalent in rural areas especially in developing countries. The current study proposed a decision support algorithm for nutrition-sensitive vegetable production
Aniket Deo, Amit Arora, Subhankar Karmakar   +2 more
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