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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 77 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems |
| Volume | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2020 |
Abstract
Farm production diversity is widely promoted as a strategy for enhancing smallholders' food and nutrition security. Nonetheless, empirical evidence from the rural smallholder context is still mixed. This study compares the nature, determinants and influence of farm production diversity on household dietary diversity in rural and peri-urban settings in Kenya and Tanzania. Descriptive and econometric analyses are employed using household-level survey data from four counties in Kenya (n = 1212) and two districts in Tanzania (n = 899). Results show notable variations in farm production diversity in the two countries as well as varying levels of household dietary diversity. For both countries, results further show that, farm production diversity has a positive and significant influence on indicators of household dietary diversity. However, this influence is more pronounced to households in remote rural settings. In peri-urban and rural areas with better market access, production diversity is generally lower but dietary diversity higher. These findings imply that although production diversity remains an important factor in ensuring enhanced household dietary diversity, it is imperative for policies related to food and nutrition security to consider context specific production and market-related aspects of smallholder agriculture. That is, while interventions focusing on farm production diversity may be important in rural contexts with poor market access, addressing market related bottlenecks can be more beneficial in rural and urban areas with better market access.
Keywords
- dietary diversity, farm production diversity, Kenya, peri-urban, rural, smallholders, Tanzania
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Food Science
- Environmental Science(all)
- Ecology
- Environmental Science(all)
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Environmental Science(all)
- Global and Planetary Change
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Horticulture
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol. 4, 77, 02.06.2020.
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T1 - Diversity in Farm Production and Household Diets
T2 - Comparing Evidence From Smallholders in Kenya and Tanzania
AU - Kissoly, Luitfred Donacian
AU - Karki, Sabina Khatri
AU - Grote, Ulrike
N1 - Funding Information: Funding. The authors acknowledge financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the project Trans-SEC: 031A249A (www.trans-sec.org). HORTINLEA Project (Horticultural Innovation and Learning for Improved Nutrition and Livelihood in East Africa) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Grant Number: 031A2481.
PY - 2020/6/2
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