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

M Demeke, J Meerman, A Scognamillo, A Romeo… - 2017 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the nexus between farm production
diversification and household diet diversity in East Africa. Starting with a conceptual …

The effects of market participation on farm households' food security in Cambodia: An endogenous switching approach

K Seng - 2016 - mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de
This paper evaluates the effects of market participation on farm households' food security in
rural Cambodia in terms of household dietary diversity score. The evaluation is carried out …

Decisive Decisions on Production Compared with Market Strategies to Improve Diets in Rural Africa12

JC Fanzo - The Journal of nutrition, 2017 - jn.nutrition.org
Agriculture plays a central role in rural households, where 75% of the worldÕs poor reside
and where there is substantial undernutrition consisting of both macro-and micronutrient …

Factors influencing nutritional adequacy among rural households in Nigeria: how does dietary diversity stand among influencers?

D Akerele, RA Sanusi, OA Fadare… - Ecology of Food and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the influence of food consumption diversity on adequate intakes of food
calories, proteins and micronutrients among households in rural Nigeria within the …

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

A Romeo, J Meerman, M Demeke, A Scognamillo… - Food security, 2016 - Springer
Starting with a conceptual framework adapted from Herforth and Harris (2013), we analyzed
the nexus between farm production diversification and household diet diversity using data …

Grain legume cultivation and children's dietary diversity in smallholder farming households in rural Ghana and Kenya

I de Jager, AR Abizari, JC Douma, KE Giller… - Food Security, 2017 - Springer
Boosting smallholder food production can potentially improve children's nutrition in rural Sub-
Saharan Africa through a production-own consumption pathway and an income-food …

Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms

R Frelat, S Lopez-Ridaura, KE Giller… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
We calculated a simple indicator of food availability using data from 93 sites in 17 countries
across contrasted agroecologies in sub-Saharan Africa (> 13,000 farm households) and …

The changing food expenditure patterns and trends in Zambia: implications for agricultural policies

B Chisanga, O Zulu-Mbata - Food Security, 2018 - Springer
Zambia, like many other African countries is undergoing rapid urbanization and rising per
capita income, accompanied by rising population. This study sought to understand the …

Farm diversification and food and nutrition security in Bangladesh: empirical evidence from nationally representative household panel data

AHMS Islam, J von Braun, AL Thorne-Lyman… - Food security, 2018 - Springer
Existing literature suggests that farm production diversification has the potential to influence
the diet diversity of farmers, but that the magnitude of the association is likely to vary by …

Leveraging farm production diversity for dietary diversity: evidence from national level panel data

S Khandoker, A Singh, SK Srivastava - Agricultural and Food Economics, 2022 - Springer
Dietary diversity is the key to improved health and nutrition. Farm production diversity has
the potential of enhancing dietary diversity but this interrelationship varies and is ambiguous …