Re-Conceptualizing Smallholders' Food Security Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oyo, Benedict; Kalema, Billy Mathias; Guma, Isdore Paterson

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“…Smallholder farmers are mainly located in the poorest rural areas of SA where persistent chronic food insecurity and malnutrition is evident (Gwebu & Matthews, 2018;Oyo et al, 2018;Sibhatu & Qaim, 2017). The smallholder farming sector is thus a good entry point for improving food security and nutrition (Sibhatu & Qaim, 2017).…”

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Do Smallholder Farmers Need Nutrition Education? A Case Study from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Moralles¹,

Egal

Oldewage‐Theron³

2021

JIAEE

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South Africa (SA) is considered as the second largest economies in Africa with well-developed agricultural food production system. But food security is still a challenge at household level. Currently, in Africa, smallholder agriculture is recognized to contribute food security at household level. This study investigates the prevalence of food insecurity and nutritional knowledge of 78 local smallholder farmers in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) province of South Africa. The results from this study indicated that nutrition knowledge was poor and food insecurity was prevalent at >40% at the household level. It is therefore recommended that future agricultural training should include nutrition education based on FBDG (Food Based Dietary Guidelines) in their respective programs so as to attain a balanced diet for healthy and productive smallholder farmer communities

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confidence: 99%

Do Smallholder Farmers Need Nutrition Education? A Case Study from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Moralles¹,

Egal

Oldewage‐Theron³

2021

JIAEE

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Change in soy and nutrition knowledge and perceptions of smallholder South African farmers after attending a single one day soy nutrition training workshop: A pilot study

Oldewage‐Theron¹,

Morales²,

Egal³

2020

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The main aim of this pilot study was to assess smallholder soy farmers’ knowledge and perceptions of soy immediately before and after participating in a one-day soy nutrition training workshop. A pre-post study design was used among a convenience sample of 78 soy smallholder farmers from Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa(SA). A total of 78 men and five women participated in the training, but because only five women attended,gender comparison analysis was not carried out.A soy nutrition training workshop, including soy cooking demonstrations, tasting, recipe development, that is based on the Social Cognitive Theory, was implemented for eight consecutive hours with one break of 30 minutes. Pre- and post-quantitative data measuring,soy knowledge and perceptions were collected using a modified version of a survey, tested for face and content validity and reliability,and used previously in other research study projects by the same authors among low-resource communities in SA. The data from the pre and post questionnaires indicated that only 41% of the soy smallholder farmers used soy in the household and mainly in meat dishes. The rest of the harvested soy was either sold or used for animal feed. The mean±standard deviation (SD)score of taste preference changed significantly (p=0.002) from 4.60±0.84 before,to 4.93±0.13 after the training (p=0.002)and the majority of the participants perceived it was easy to prepare soy foods;82.1% and 88.5% before and after the training,respectively (p=0.013). Participants’ soy knowledge improved significantly (p<0.001)from a mean±(SD)score of 26.33±4.06 before to 32.00±9.46 after the intervention, indicating a significant improvement of 5.67±9.11 [13.83%] in the total score.The results from this study indicate that there is a need for nutrition education programs for smallholder farmers. Thus, improvement in both soy knowledge and preference should result in more soy being consumed first for household nutritional needs before giving it to either animals or sell it on the market.Since smallholder farmers’ nutrition education can impact both food insecurity and nutritional status improvement in one setting, more interventions of this kind are needed to further advance the frontier of this niche area of research.

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Re-Conceptualizing Smallholders' Food Security Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 2 publications

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Do Smallholder Farmers Need Nutrition Education? A Case Study from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Do Smallholder Farmers Need Nutrition Education? A Case Study from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Change in soy and nutrition knowledge and perceptions of smallholder South African farmers after attending a single one day soy nutrition training workshop: A pilot study

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