Application of the Nutrition Functional Diversity indicator to assess food system contributions to dietary diversity and sustainable diets of Malawian households

Luckett, Brian; DeClerck, Fabrice; Fanzo, Jessica; Mundorf, Adrienne R.; Rose, Donald

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“…Our findings of higher Wild Food Procurement and Wild Food Dietary Diversity scores being associated with lower food security scores are consistent with the literature (Luckett, DeClerck, Fanzo, Mundorf, & Rose, 2015;Powell, Thilsted, Ickowitz, Termonte, Sunderland, & Herforth, 2015). However, Wild Food Dietary Diversity was notably lower in this study than in rural communities in other parts of the world, including Asia, Africa, and South America (Bharucha & Pretty 2010;Cruz-Garcia, Caffi, Zans, & Sanchez-Choy, 2018;Shumsky et al, 2014).…”

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Contribution of Wild Foods to Diet, Food Security, and Cultural Values Amidst Climate Change

Smith

Ahmed

Dupuis

et al. 2019

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Wild foods are recognized to contribute to diet and food security through enhancing the availability of 1 The term 'Native American' was determined to be the preferred term for referencing the Native American community in this study, based on consultation from our community advisory board. local, diverse, and nonmarket food sources. We investigated the contribution of wild foods to diet, food security, and cultural identity in a Native American 1 community in the context of climate

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confidence: 91%

Contribution of Wild Foods to Diet, Food Security, and Cultural Values Amidst Climate Change

Smith

Ahmed

Dupuis

et al. 2019

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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“…Even foods that are produced on the farm may not always be stored for the entire year; issues of seasonality are particularly important for fresh fruits and vegetables ( 21 ) . Previous studies have shown that foods purchased from the market contribute considerably to farm household diets also in subsistence-oriented settings ( 19 , 20 ) . We also found that sales of maize and other crops have positive effects, because the cash income thus generated can be used to purchase diverse foods in the market.…”

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Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi

Koppmair

Kassie

Qaim

2016

Public Health Nutr.

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ObjectiveThe association between farm production diversity and dietary diversity in rural smallholder households was recently analysed. Most existing studies build on household-level dietary diversity indicators calculated from 7d food consumption recalls. Herein, this association is revisited with individual-level 24 h recall data. The robustness of the results is tested by comparing household- and individual-level estimates. The role of other factors that may influence dietary diversity, such as market access and agricultural technology, is also analysed.DesignA survey of smallholder farm households was carried out in Malawi in 2014. Dietary diversity scores are calculated from 24 h recall data. Production diversity scores are calculated from farm production data covering a period of 12 months. Individual- and household-level regression models are developed and estimated.SettingData were collected in sixteen districts of central and southern Malawi.SubjectsSmallholder farm households (n 408), young children (n 519) and mothers (n 408).ResultsFarm production diversity is positively associated with dietary diversity. However, the estimated effects are small. Access to markets for buying food and selling farm produce and use of chemical fertilizers are shown to be more important for dietary diversity than diverse farm production. Results with household- and individual-level dietary data are very similar.ConclusionsFurther increasing production diversity may not be the most effective strategy to improve diets in smallholder farm households. Improving access to markets, productivity-enhancing inputs and technologies seems to be more promising.

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“…On the one hand, an important part of this literature concentrates on just one activity or aspect of the food system for example the sustainability of phosphorous [18], farm workers' health [19], organic agriculture [20], home gardens [21], meat consumption and production [22], the performance of a specific product [23] or obesity [24]. On the other hand, many works focus on just one dimension of sustainability, such as studies on planetary boundaries [25], food ecological footprints [26][27][28], or nutrition functional diversity [29]. Indeed, health and nutritional aspects are increasingly considered as a key topic in these frameworks [30], although not always in relation to all the other sustainability or food security dimensions.…”

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Measuring Progress in Sustainable Food Cities: An Indicators Toolbox for Action

Moragues‐Faus

Marceau

2018

Sustainability

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Despite the growth of urban food policies across the globe, a key challenge remains around measuring the impact of these initiatives in building more sustainable and just cities. The literature identifies as the main barriers to progress food system assessments the lack of clear definitions of sustainability, insufficient data, the low applicability of global conceptualisations to local conditions and vice versa and low levels of actor involvement. We aim to address these gaps by co-developing a sustainability assessment framework to evaluate food systems performance in UK cities. The framework emerging from this collaborative process overcomes key limitations of previous exercises by providing a place-based and participative definition of sustainability aligned with global conceptualisations, building on the experiences and needs of a wide range of practitioners and taking a holistic but non-prescriptive approach to understanding food system outcomes. However, its application to the city of Cardiff reveals new challenges, mostly regarding the need to incorporate underrepresented stakeholders as well as account for multiscalar food system interdependencies and their positive but also negative impacts. Results show the need to embed critical perspectives in sustainable food assessments that actively expand their transformative capacity by developing further inclusive, participatory, place-based and whole-systems approaches.

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Application of the Nutrition Functional Diversity indicator to assess food system contributions to dietary diversity and sustainable diets of Malawian households

Cited by 74 publications

References 25 publications

Contribution of Wild Foods to Diet, Food Security, and Cultural Values Amidst Climate Change

Contribution of Wild Foods to Diet, Food Security, and Cultural Values Amidst Climate Change

Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi

Measuring Progress in Sustainable Food Cities: An Indicators Toolbox for Action

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