Linking farm diversification to household diet diversification: evidence from a sample of Kenyan ultra-poor farmers

Romeo, Alessandro; Meerman, Janice; Demeke, Mulat; Scognamillo, Antonio; Asfaw, Solomon

doi:10.1007/s12571-016-0617-3

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“…The model output indicates that holding other variable constant, for a one unit increase in age of household head's odds ratio in favor of high category with household dietary diversity increases by the factor of 1.353. Some previous reports appear to be claiming the opposite (Jones et al, 2014;Romeo et al, 2016;Ochieng et al, 2017).…”

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Determinants of household dietary diversity in Yayu Biosphere Reserve, Southwest Ethiopia

Jebessa¹,

Sima²,

Wondimagegnehu³

2019

Eth J Sci & Technol

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Lack of dietary diversity is a severe problem among the poor in the developing world, including Ethiopia. Empirical evidence for factors contributing to low dietary diversity hardly exists. The objective of this study was to analyze determinants of Household Dietary Diversity and consumption behavior in Yayu biosphere reserve, South-West Ethiopia. A cross sectional survey was conducted on 183 randomly selected households. Primary data were collected from sample households through interviews, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Secondary data were collected by reviewing different documents. Descriptive statistics and econometric models were used for analyzing quantitative data. The ordered logit model was employed to determine the influence of explanatory variables on the dependent variable. The average household dietary diversity score was 5.5±1.7SD. About 17.5% of the sampled households belonged to low, 61.2% to medium and 21.3% to high dietary diversity. The age of the household head, education, income, access to irrigation, home gardening and dietary diversity awareness affected household dietary diversity positively and significantly and distance from market negatively. In conclusion, policy and development interventions should target education and awareness creation tools to provide households up to date nutritional knowledge and agricultural technologies to increase production and income, and thereby enhance household dietary diversity.

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Section: Econometric Analysismentioning

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Determinants of household dietary diversity in Yayu Biosphere Reserve, Southwest Ethiopia

Jebessa¹,

Sima²,

Wondimagegnehu³

2019

Eth J Sci & Technol

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“…For example, Sibhatu et al [53] found that improving small farmers' access to markets seems to be a more effective strategy in improving nutrition than promoting production diversity on subsistence farms. Similarly, Romeo et al [48] conclude that agricultural production diversification is positively and significantly associated with household dietary diversity, but livestock ownership shows stronger significant level in comparison with production diversification, thereby implying that supporting investments in diversified livelihood system in general and livestock in particular are required to increase household dietary diversity. Djokoto et al [12] concluded that vegetable diversification offers great potential for improving livelihood of cocoa-based farm households in Ghana.…”

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

Rajendran

Afari‐Sefa²,

Shee

et al. 2017

Agric & Food Secur

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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. Cropping patterns must be diversified to ensure an adequate supply and economic access to greater variety of foods for smallholder farm households. This study measured the effect of crop diversification on household dietary diversity in a selected study locale using a survey of 300 randomly stratified farm households in 10 villages located in the Babati, Kongwa and Kiteto districts of Tanzania.Results: Based on multiple regression analysis, the study found that simply increasing Simpson's Index does not influence dietary diversity of farm households due to the presence of interaction effect between Simpson's Index and crop income. It is much more critical and significant to increase the revenue generated from diversified crops along with other socioeconomic endowment and behavioral characteristics of farm households. This is particularly applicable to poorer smallholder farmers who receive crop income less than US$85 per sales transaction and per season. Particularly, marginal and smallholders might be exposed to the effects of crop diversification and crop income toward increasing in their household dietary diversity score. Conclusion:Under average crop income scenarios, households that diversify their crop production tend to increase their dietary diversity from their existing dietary diversity score at a decreasing rate. However, under below average crop income threshold scenarios, farmers tend to increase their dietary diversity score from their existing score at an increasing rate when they diversify into high-value crops that attract relatively high farm gate values and accrue higher net revenues from the market. Monthly food expenditure also tends to positively influence household dietary diversity, indicating that farm households that spend more on market-purchased food have consistent increases in the their dietary diversity scores at the household level. This study concludes that improving economic access to variety of foods at the smallholder household level by diversifying diets through increased crop diversification should be encouraged within maize-based farming systems of the study locale, through integration of micronutrient-rich foods such as vegetables.

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“…The existing literature is mainly focused on the relationship between farm and dietary diversification. Romeo et al (2016) find a positive association between farm production diversification and household dietary diversity in East Africa. This correlation was especially strong with poultry ownership, probably due to an income effect, and with cattle holdings, that increased milk consumption due to a production-for-own-consumption effect.…”

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Livestock Transfers, Food Security and Women’s Empowerment: Evidence from a Randomized Phased-in Program in Nicaragua

Salazar¹,

Fahsbender²,

Kim³

2018

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Linking farm diversification to household diet diversification: evidence from a sample of Kenyan ultra-poor farmers

Cited by 71 publications

References 29 publications

Determinants of household dietary diversity in Yayu Biosphere Reserve, Southwest Ethiopia

Determinants of household dietary diversity in Yayu Biosphere Reserve, Southwest Ethiopia

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

Livestock Transfers, Food Security and Women’s Empowerment: Evidence from a Randomized Phased-in Program in Nicaragua

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