Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan

Zanello, Giacomo; Shankar, Bhavani; Poole, Nigel

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101731

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“…Dietary diversity is a proxy for nutrient adequacy ( FAO 2010 ) and is inferred from estimates of the nutrient content and frequency of consumption of foods from different food groups, elicited through individual and household surveys ( Zezza et al, 2017 , Ruel, 2003a , WFP, 2008 ). We are learning more of the gaps in rural and urban populations in terms of access to more diverse diets, i.e., those richer in fruits and vegetables, and about less-nutritious patterns of consumption of processed foods and beverages ( Penny et al, 2017 , Law et al, 2019 , Bren d’Amour et al, 2020 ), and the differential distributional impacts of temporal, spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of local food environments ( Duran et al, 2016 , Flores-Martínez et al, 2016 , Sibhatu and Qaim, 2017 , Bakker et al, 2018 , Poole et al, 2019 , Zanello et al, 2019 ).…”

Section: Shifting Agri-nutrition Prioritiesmentioning

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Viewpoint: Agri-nutrition research: Revisiting the contribution of maize and wheat to human nutrition and health

2021

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Highlights Current agri-nutrition research focuses on micronutrient malnutrition and stunting. The dietary contribution of many essential bioactive food components is understated. Cereals are rich in bioactives such as dietary fibre that have major health benefits. Research should address the full health benefits of cereals like maize and wheat. Agri-nutrition studies should be multidisciplinary and whole food systems-oriented.

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2021

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“…Erokhin [114] suggests that "trade protectionism challenges the sustainability of food supply by decreasing food availability and quality of food products, causes dietary changes, and threatens the food security of the country", referring to Russia. Similarly, Zanello et al [138] point out that "market aspects become important for dietary diversity specifically in the lean season" in countries of the Global South such as Afghanistan. Likewise, Abay and Hirvonen [139] point out the positive effects of the nearness of households to markets, hence their easy access to market facilities, on children's nutritional status in the North of Ethiopia but underline seasonality effect.…”

Section: Markets Food Security and Nutritionmentioning

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Agri-Food Markets towards Sustainable Patterns

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In recent decades, the confluence of different global and domestic drivers has led to progressive and unpredictable changes in the functioning and structure of agri-food markets worldwide. Given the unsustainability of the current agri-food production, processing, distribution and consumption patterns, and the inadequate governance of the whole food system, the transition to sustainable agriculture and food systems has become crucial to effectively manage a global agri-food market able in supporting expected population growth and ensuring universal access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food for all. Based on a critical review of the existing international literature, the paper seeks to understand the evolutionary paths of sustainability issues within agri-food markets by analyzing their drivers and trends. An extensive analysis was conducted highlighting the development and importance of the body of knowledge on the most important sustainability transition frameworks, focusing mainly on the relationship between markets, trade, food and nutrition security, and other emerging issues within agri-food markets. Finally, the study makes suggestions to extend the research in order to improve basic knowledge and to identify opportunities to design meaningful actions that can shape agri-food markets and foster their transition to sustainability.

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“…Most of the studies that have found positive results also conclude that the relationship between planned agrobiodiversity and food security is complex and dependent on household and context characteristics (c.f. Jones et al 2014 ; Luna-González and Sørensen 2018 ; Sibhatu and Qaim 2018 ; Zanello et al 2019 ). Additionally, a significant number of studies have found null or negative associations.…”

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Homegarden diversity and food security in southern Mexico

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2021

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Home gardens are recognised in the literature for their contribution to food security, yet the process by which agrobiodiversity and household characteristics mediate this relationship is less well understood. This paper contributes to fill this research gap by drawing on a multi-site case study in the Yucatán region in Mexico. By applying regression analysis, the significance of the association between home garden diversity and food security is confirmed. Plant diversity is found to have a positive association with food consumption scores and the frequency of vegetable intakes. The number of animals used for food purposes is also found to have positive and significant associations with food consumption scores and frequency of meat intakes. However, the dimension and the significance of these positive associations were found to vary among communities and quantiles of the distribution of food security measures. In the households studied, younger individuals and better-educated people, males and Spanish speakers were more likely to engage in jobs in urban areas. Engagement in urban jobs was found to involve complementarities with the overall plant diversity of home gardens, but also trade-offs with the diversity of vegetables and other herbs used for food purposes and with the abundance of animals raised for food purposes.

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Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan

Cited by 69 publications

References 28 publications

Viewpoint: Agri-nutrition research: Revisiting the contribution of maize and wheat to human nutrition and health

Viewpoint: Agri-nutrition research: Revisiting the contribution of maize and wheat to human nutrition and health

Agri-Food Markets towards Sustainable Patterns

Homegarden diversity and food security in southern Mexico

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