Comparison of Two Pathways Linking Agriculture to Child Health: Dietary Diversity and Micronutrient Intake in the Malagasy Highlands

Ramahaimandimby, Zoniaina; Shiratori, Sakiko; Sakurai, Takeshi

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“…On the other hand, Ramahaimandimby et al (2022) asserted that production diversity is associated with are also required. Figure 1 summarizes the above links.…”

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Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Focusing on Small-Scale Farmers

Umetsu

Miura

2023

Journal of Rural Problems

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Food and nutrition security has become an important policy agenda in the international community. Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to end hunger, achieve food and nutrition security, and promote sustainable agriculture. However, this goal will likely be challenged by emerging risks such as climate change in many developing countries. The Six Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that climate change will affect food security, especially in Africa, since the majority in the rural areas are rainfed small-scale farmers who are directly affected by climate change. Thus, policy intervention is urgently required to build climate resilience in the agricultural sector. To envision nutrition-sensitive agricultural production and consumption system, we first need to understand i) how farmers manage climate risks? ii) What technical options enhance farmers' food and nutrition security? This paper tries to present some current evidence regarding those links in the literature, provide some empirical evidence on small-scale farmers in one of the drought-prone areas in southern Zambia, and envision the future direction of research.

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“…On the other hand, Ramahaimandimby et al (2022) asserted that production diversity is associated with are also required. Figure 1 summarizes the above links.…”

Section: Literature Review: Diversification As a Strategy For Nutriti...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Focusing on Small-Scale Farmers

Umetsu

Miura

2023

Journal of Rural Problems

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“…It is also not very clear how agricultural income enhance nutrition. For instance, Ramahaimandimby et al (2022) showed that purchased foods does not appear to increase the overall energy and micronutrient intake. The purchased foods can be sugar, coffee, or cereals, which are not necessarily nutritional, so the link should be further investigated.…”

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Transformation towards Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Communities, and Ecosystems: Reviewing Global Trends and Local Realities Based on Interdisciplinary Approaches: Part 2

Maharjan

Masuda

Sekine

2023

Journal of Rural Problems

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Asami commended a hybrid symposium being held for the first time in three years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Taniguchi referred to the MeaDRI strategy established by the Japanese government and the importance of social science contributions. Both underlined the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to tackle the current socio-economic challenges. Throughout the symposium, Maharjan served as chair and Masuda and Sekine as moderators. Concept of the SymposiumRecently, key issues such as the sustainability of agriculture, rural communities, and ecosystems; food and welfare security of producers, local community, and consumers; agrobiodiversity; and landscape features face significant challenges due to climate change, globalization, urbanization, and environmental degra-dation. To respond to this crisis of the agri-food system as well as the entire society, the governments, business circle, grassroots farmers, and civil society promote various alternative solutions such as agroecology, farm diversification, climate resilient agriculture, digitalization, and precision agriculture. The global north (e.g., Japan, the US, and EU) declared their short-and long-term strategies to make the current agri-food system ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable since 2019. For example, the UN Food Systems Summit of 2021 was part of these initiatives. However, global farmers and civil society groups firmly contest the way in which these initiatives promote and claim that ecological farming, localized food systems, and the associated traditional knowledge of farmers, including small-scale family farmers and indigenous peoples as the guardians of resource conservation, deserve to be heard and placed in the center of the debate.To learn from global research trends, this symposium invites three experts of participatory guarantee systems, digital farming and on-farm diversification, and resilience of small-scale farmers to present concepts, related studies, policies, debates, and controversies. These issues build on the last year's topics of agroecology, small-scale farmers and organic farming, and climate smart agriculture. Dwelling on their rich

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Comparison of Two Pathways Linking Agriculture to Child Health: Dietary Diversity and Micronutrient Intake in the Malagasy Highlands

Cited by 2 publications

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Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Focusing on Small-Scale Farmers

Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Focusing on Small-Scale Farmers

Transformation towards Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Communities, and Ecosystems: Reviewing Global Trends and Local Realities Based on Interdisciplinary Approaches: Part 2

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