Food and nutrition status of households with women living with HIV in Uganda

Nakakawa, Frances; Mugisha, Johnny; Diiro, Gracious; Kaaya, A.; Tumwesigye, Nazarious M.

doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00394

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“…It was also reported that farm production diversification continues to be strongly associated with increasing household's dietary diversity and is highly associated with nutrition security of households in Ghana [13]. Several studies were conducted in different countries to study the demographic, socio-economic, institutional, and geographical determinants of nutrition security status of households by employing different methods of analysis [12,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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Determinants of Rural Women’s Nutrition Security Status in Northwest Ethiopia

Teshome¹,

Andaregie²,

Astatkie

2022

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Background: Nutrition security of women is one of the most vital foundations for overall development and wellbeing of society. Since understanding the factors that influence the nutrition security of women is very important for implementing appropriate interventions, this study was conducted to determine the determinants of the nutrition security status of rural women in Northwest Ethiopia. Methods: Survey data were collected from 197 rural women randomly selected using a two-stage sampling method (Cluster sampling in the first stage and Stratified random sampling in the second stage). Data in the two outcomes (nutritionally secured whose BMI ≥ 18.5, and nutritionally insecure whose BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) were analyzed using Binary Logit regression model to determine the significance of the determinants on women’s nutrition security status. Results: The study showed that 72.6% of the women in the study area were nutritionally insecure. Results of the statistical analysis revealed that family size (negative effect), and women’s daily feed frequency, the consumption of milk, fruits and vegetables, and animal products, and women empowerment (all positive effect) were the significant determinants of the nutrition security status of rural women. The weight, the height, and the BMI of nutritionally insecure women (44 kg, 1.45 m, and 15.8 kg/m2, respectively) were significantly lower than those of nutritionally secured women (50.8 kg, 1.55 m, and 21.1 kg/m2, respectively). Conclusions: This is the first study on the determinants of rural women’s nutrition security status using social and demographic data collected at the grass root level and analyzed using an advanced econometric model. The findings of the study show the need for government and other stakeholders’ interventions to increase access to nutritious food products and to provide trainings on feeding culture and dietary diversity to women. The findings of this study can help the Government of Ethiopia to achieve its National Development Priorities in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of UN, particularly Goals 2, 3 and 5.

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Determinants of Rural Women’s Nutrition Security Status in Northwest Ethiopia

Teshome¹,

Andaregie²,

Astatkie

2022

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“…About 41% of the population is undernourished (3 year average to 2017) [3]. Women are more risk of Food and Nutrition Security [4], despite the fact that women contribute 70-80% of the agricultural labour force in Uganda [5]. Maize is a staple food crop in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) [6].…”

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A New Value Proposition for Uganda’s Maize Stover to Manufacture Moulded Pulp Packaging Material for Fruits and Vegetables

Lwasa,

Charlton,

Packwood

et al. 2023

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Post harvest losses of fresh produce, including fruits and vegetables, have continued to be high. This realization has triggered numerous efforts to address this issue. One proposition is to utilize maize stover to produce sustainable moulded pulp bio-based packaging as a possible replacement for single plastics packaging. Maize stover is considered a burden to farmers to dispose after harvesting leading to its wastage. The objectives of this study were; to ascertain the current ways in which maize stover is utilized by farmers, the major packaging materials they use, and the determinants of demand for the quantity of packaging materials that farmers use. A total of 200 smallholder maize farmers from Kamuli district were interviewed. Findings show that a good percentage of farmers destroy the stover through burning, some farmers plough it back to replenish the lost soil nutrients, while others use it as livestock fodder. Polypropylene and polyethylene packaging materials are the most used and preferred packages due to availability, and affordability. The covariates that determine the demand for the number of packages purchased annually were; quantity of maize marketed, distance to the market, funds spent on marketing, and annual income. To increase the demand for maize stover packaging materials formal education, regular training, access to capital and formation of farmer groups are recommended.

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