Wild Foods Are Positively Associated with Diet Diversity and Child Growth in a Protected Forest Area of Madagascar

Iannotti, Lora; Randrianarivony, Tabita; Randrianasolo, Armand; Rakotoarivony, Fortunat; Andriamihajarivo, Tefy; LaBrier, Mia; Gyimah, Emmanuel; Vie, Sydney; Nunez-Garcia, Andrea; Hart, Robbie

doi:10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102101

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“…In South Africa, a study showed that rural households in more heterogenous landscapes accessed more provisioning ecosystem services, including wild foods, than households in less heterogeneous sites [80]. There is also growing evidence that having wild foods from any source in diets supports dietary diversity and diet quality [33,81]. The presence of tree cover in rural landscapes and diverse landscape structures have now been proven to be a driver of dietary diversity.…”

Section: Wild Foods Landscape Diversity and Nutritionmentioning

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“…While it is not proof that wild foods are responsible for diet quality, the latter case further points out the relationship between landscape diversity and nutrition, or lack thereof. In South Africa, a study showed that rural households in more heterogenous landscapes accessed more provisioning ecosystem services, including wild foods, than households in less heterogeneous sites [81]. There is also growing evidence that having wild foods from any source in diets supports dietary diversity and diet quality [33,82].…”

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Greater Attention to Wild Foods and Cultural Knowledge Supports Increased Nutrition Outcomes Associated with Agroecology

Zhu,

Mfuni,

Powell

2024

Sustainability

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Agroecology frameworks do not explicitly include nutrition, but nutrition is an outcome of many principles of agroecology, with growing evidence that agroecological interventions improve diet quality and nutrition. In this paper, we argue that more explicit attention to the importance of wild foods from diverse agroecological landscapes will further enhance the nutrition outcomes associated with agroecology. In rural landscapes around the world, wild foods provide nutrient-dense and culturally important foods that make significant contributions to the diet in some contexts and are culturally important and highly valued delicacies in others. Agroecological principles, science, and practice already support the maintenance of wild foods in food systems by highlighting ecological principles. These include low or no use of pesticides, landscape diversity, and maintenance of biodiversity, alongside social principles such as traditional knowledge and cultural practices. The focus in agroecology on working with traditional knowledge and cultural practices supports the preservation of traditional knowledge required to responsibly harvest and prepare wild foods. Centering landscape diversity and nutrition as outcomes of agroecology supports the continued use of wild foods and cultural knowledge, especially in rural communities around the globe. More explicit attention to wild foods in agroecological systems will further contribute to associated nutrition outcomes, while simultaneously promoting the maintenance of landscape diversity, biodiversity, preservation of cultural knowledge, and other ecological sound and socially just agricultural practices.

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Section: Wild Foods Landscape Diversity and Nutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Wild Foods Landscape Diversity and Nutritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Greater Attention to Wild Foods and Cultural Knowledge Supports Increased Nutrition Outcomes Associated with Agroecology

Zhu,

Mfuni,

Powell

2024

Sustainability

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Quantifying Turkana’s wild edible plants’ contribution to critical micronutrient and dietary diversity among women of reproductive age

Oduor,

Keding,

Kaindi

et al. 2024

CyTA - Journal of Food

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Evaluation of nutritional status using the minimum dietary diversity for women of reproductive age (MDD‐W) tool in breastfeeding mothers in Madagascar

Rotella,

Soriano,

Peraita‐Costa

et al. 2024

Tropical Med Int Health

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ObjectivesWomen of reproductive age in low‐income countries are especially nutritionally vulnerable given the strain that pregnancy and lactation places on the body. The aim of this study was to identify dietary diversity and its associated factors among mothers with young children.MethodsIt is a cross‐sectional study conducted in Ampefy, Madagascar from 1 November 2022 to 31 March 2023. Dietary diversity was determined using the minimum dietary diversity for women of reproductive age tool. Data were collected through face‐to‐face interviews using validated structured questionnaires, and anthropometric status was examined. Frequencies and percentages were calculated, and the comparison of variables was performed between mothers with acceptable and unacceptable dietary diversity using the chi‐square test for qualitative variables. A logistic regression analysis was also conducted.ResultsA total of 437 mothers with young children participated in the study, resulting in a response rate of 95.0%. The mean age of the participants was 25.84 years (SD = 6.30). The study revealed that 32.95% of participants had unacceptable dietary diversity scores and the associated profile included low education, no transport, homebirth not by personal choice, not breastfeeding within the first hour of birth, not breastfeed exclusively for 6 months, no dietary changes during pregnancy or lactation, and no use of folic acid supplements.ConclusionThis study's findings underscore the importance of providing nutrition information to women, in order to improve dietary diversity and overall maternal and child health.

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Wild Foods Are Positively Associated with Diet Diversity and Child Growth in a Protected Forest Area of Madagascar

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References 52 publications

Greater Attention to Wild Foods and Cultural Knowledge Supports Increased Nutrition Outcomes Associated with Agroecology

Greater Attention to Wild Foods and Cultural Knowledge Supports Increased Nutrition Outcomes Associated with Agroecology

Quantifying Turkana’s wild edible plants’ contribution to critical micronutrient and dietary diversity among women of reproductive age

Evaluation of nutritional status using the minimum dietary diversity for women of reproductive age (MDD‐W) tool in breastfeeding mothers in Madagascar

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