La magnitud de la inseguridad alimentaria en México: su relación con el estado de nutrición y con factores socioeconómicos

Shamah‐Levy, Teresa; Mundo‐Rosas, Verónica; Rivera‐Dommarco, Juan

doi:10.21149/spm.v56s1.5169

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“…The ELCSA was adapted from various methodologies, including the one used in the United States (Carlson et al 1999;FAO, 2012;Melgar-Quiñónez and Hackett, 2008;Nord et al 2007;Pérez-Escamilla, 2012;Wehler et al 1992), or in Brazil (Segall-Corrêa et al 2014), among others. Its classification system uses a set of fifteen questions used in surveys around the Latin American and the Caribbean that have been proved to be effective in distinguishing the food secure from the food insecure at the household level (Bezuneh et al 2007;FAO, 2012;Melgar-Quiñonez, 2010;Pérez-Escamilla et al 2009;Shamah-Levy et al 2014;Villagómez-Ornelas et al 2014). The ELCSA questions thus represent universal aspects of the experience of food insecurity, capturing information on food shortage, food quantity and quality of diet to determine household food insecurity status (FAO, 2012).…”

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Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Ahimán¹,

Vanessa²

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DEDICATIONMy God for giving me the opportunity to be able to study and for giving me the strength to carry on. My parents Otilia and Carlos, examples of courage, endurance and determination. My husband Jorge for your love and for being there by my side during this journey. My dear family my refuge, as it without their encouragement and understanding, it wouldhave been impossible for me to finish this work. AGRADECIMIENTOSEn esta etapa de mi vida, como lo fue realizar los estudios de Doctorado; directa o indirectamente participaron varias personas, ya sea supervisando, aconsejando, opinando o simplemente dándome ánimo, para poder llegar a la feliz culminación de esta tesis doctoral y por ello quiero aprovechar este espacio para agradecerles.Agradezco inmensamente y desde lo profundo de mi corazón a Dios, por ser la guía y la fortaleza que sostiene mi vida y por crear la oportunidad de realizar este Doctorado.A Alberto Garrido tutor de esta tesis doctoral, por la supervisión académica brindada a lo largo de la realización de la misma, así como por la paciencia y apoyo brindado en todo momento; valoro cada tiempo que me dedicaste y los consejos que me proporcionaste y también te agradezco por abrirme las puertas del CEIGRAM y darme la oportunidad de colaborar en el libro Water for Food and Wellbeing in Latin America and the Caribbean. A Eduardo Santellano Estrada le agradezco por invitarme a realizar una estancia de investigación en la Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México, en el Centro de Extensión e Innovación Rural (CEIR) Noroeste (Enero-Abril 2015), quien me dio la oportunidad de colaborar en el "Proyecto de Cooperación Binacional de Extensión e Innovación Universitaria, bajo el Modelo Land Grand", este proyecto me permitió obtener la información necesaria, para realizar esta tesis de doctoral, muchas gracias por la oportunidad brindada.Además, agradezco a los colaboradores del CEIR en especial a Gerardo, Sandra, Ireyli, Fanni, y a todos por su amable acogida.Quiero expresar mi inmenso agradecimiento a todas las familias de las comunidades de la Sierra Tarahumara encuestadas, quienes me abrieron sus puertas, su gran bondad contribuyó decisivamente a la finalización del trabajo de campo. Asimismo, agradezco, a los líderes locales de San Ignacio de Arareco, al Comisario Daniel Villalobos, a los extensionistas del CEIR y a los traductores locales. Mi especial agradecimiento a Don Candelario, Rosita, Marco, Pablo, Julio y Armando, quienes me acompañaron a realizar las encuestas, muchas gracias.Al CEIGRAM, a sus directivos, y todos sus miembros. Quiero agradecer principalmente al Profesor José María Sumpsi, por su apoyo brindado desde que fue mi profesor de la asignatura de Desarrollo Rural en el Máster de Economía, hasta la fecha.Gracias también a Inés Mínguez, Ana Tarquis, Isabel Bardají, Esperanza, Katerina, Begoña, y todos los compañeros del CEIGRAM por la confraternidad brindada en estos años que estuve realizando la tesis.Al Departamento de Economía Agraria, Estadística y Gestión de Empresas y a su program...

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Section: Household Food Insecurity Access Scalementioning

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Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Ahimán¹,

Vanessa²

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“…Mexico is a fertile field for strategies against FI, since the severity of FI in the country is increased by many factors such as poverty, marginalization, indigenous languages, average household size, existence of extended households, educational level of the household heads, monthly income and variety of foods in the family diet [6,7,12]. Likewise, rural areas are at a high risk because a higher incidence and level (moderate to severe) of FI is present [6,7,13].…”

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“…In 2012, Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición (ENSANUT) [14] reported that 80% of the households in the rural stratum in Mexico were classified at some level of FI, compared to 67% in the urban area. Children under the age of 12 are the most vulnerable group; in fact, the degree of food insecurity is directly related to the degree of malnutrition in Mexican children as households with moderate food insecurity have a higher prevalence of low height and emaciation [12].…”

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Improvement of nutritional quality of local dishes and their acceptance by children of different ages

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Objective Food insecurity and child malnutrition are central topics in many food programs around the world; however, these indices do not diminish. The creation of strategies is necessary to increase the effectiveness of nutritional improvement programs. The objective of this research was to improve the nutritional quality of three local dishes included in the regular diet of the population by adding amaranth and to evaluate their acceptance by children from three communities in Tochimilco, Puebla, Mexico. Methods The study was carried out in three communities of “Tochimilco”, Puebla, Mexico, in order to evaluate three local dishes: banana smoothie, beans and corn tortillas, which were chosen by mothers of the region in participative workshops on preparation of local dishes enriched with amaranth. Two sensory tests were applied: paired-comparison and hedonic scale to 208 and 210 children of preschool and scholar age, respectively. Results It was found that consumers showed similar preference for banana smoothie and beans enriched with amaranth compared to non-enriched dishes; while the amaranth enriched tortilla gained more preference in the different statistical tests and it was the dish with higher content of amino acids. Sensory attributes were similarly assessed and there were no significant differences among rural and urban communities and school year. Conclusion Children easily accept the addition of amaranth to the dishes they are accustomed to, as it does not change their food culture. It is possible to improve child nutrition by designing healthier dishes and incorporating them into the daily cooking of those who prepare the food.

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“…This scale can be used to assess the FI level in households and detect changes in the quality and quantity of food consumed, taking into account the resources available to each household in the past three months (FAO, 2012). Several studies were conducted to validate this new instrument in a number of countries in this region, including Guatemala , Haiti (Pérez-Escamilla et al, 2009), Mexico (Melgar et al, 2005Shamah-Levy et al, 2014;Villagómez-Ornelas et al, 2014), Dominican Republic (Bezuneh et al, 2007) and other countries.…”

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Explaining food insecurity among indigenous households of the Sierra Tarahumara in the Mexican state of Chihuahua

Ahimán

Santellano‐Estrada

Colmenero

2017

Span. j. agric. res.

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Numerous studies have analyzed the factors that determine food security and explored the problem from regional or national points of view. However, there has been less research targeting an understanding of the food security problem at the household level in specific rural locations like indigenous communities. Indigenous groups are recognized as priority groups in Mexico, because they live in a situation of poverty. For this reason, the objective of this research was to investigate the determinants of food insecurity among the indigenous communities of the Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico. We used the Latin American and Caribbean Household Food Security Measurement Scale (ELCSA). This scale is useful for measuring food insecurity levels in households. A questionnaire was administered to 123 households. We employed the method based on Cronbach's alpha to measure internal consistency, which was 0.96. In addition, we estimated the main determinants of household food insecurity using both ordered logit model and binomial logit model. We found that approximately 59.35% of households were living in a situation of severe food insecurity. The two predictive models applied suggest that: i) income is the most important determinant of access to food; ii) increased maize production improves food security; iii) farmers consume their seed stocks in times of food scarcity, and iv) households are food insecure when the householders are in casual employment. Akaike's information criterion and the Bayesian information criterion suggest that the goodness of fit to the data was better for the ordered logit model.

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La magnitud de la inseguridad alimentaria en México: su relación con el estado de nutrición y con factores socioeconómicos

Cited by 47 publications

References 15 publications

Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Improvement of nutritional quality of local dishes and their acceptance by children of different ages

Explaining food insecurity among indigenous households of the Sierra Tarahumara in the Mexican state of Chihuahua

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