Gender, household food security, and dietary diversity in western Honduras

Larson, Janelle B.; Castellanos, Paige; Jensen, Leif

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2019.01.005

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“…These foods are more resourceful in terms of satisfying family meals at a cheaper price compared with protein sources and vegetables that are more expensive and difficult to access for the low-income population. Similar findings have been reported in Honduran, Sri Lankan adults, and other populations [33,[36][37][38]. In agreement with our results, the food groups less reported by the Honduran population were dark green leafy vegetables as well as nuts and seeds [38].…”

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“…Similar findings have been reported in Honduran, Sri Lankan adults, and other populations [33,[36][37][38]. In agreement with our results, the food groups less reported by the Honduran population were dark green leafy vegetables as well as nuts and seeds [38]. In terms of the number of persons eating food groups, there were more women who reached the criteria for dietary diversity consuming fruits and vegetables (including vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables), eggs, and dairy.…”

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Dietary Diversity and Micronutrients Adequacy in Women of Childbearing Age: Results from ELANS Study

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Dietary diversity, an important component of diet quality, is associated with an increased probability of adequate micronutrient intake. Women of childbearing age (WCA) are particularly vulnerable to micronutrient inadequacy. The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) has been used widely as a proxy measurement of micronutrient adequacy. This study aimed to assess the association between MDD-W and nutrients adequacy among WCA of eight Latin American countries. Nutrient intakes from 3704 WCA were analyzed with two 24-hour dietary recalls. Dietary diversity was calculated based on ten food groups with a cut-off point of intake ≥5 groups. The mean dietary diversity score was 4.72 points, and 57.7% of WCA achieved MDD-W. Vitamin D and E showed a mean Nutrient Adequacy Ratio (NAR) of 0.03 and 0.38, respectively. WCA with a diverse diet (MDD-W > 5) reported a significantly higher intake of most micronutrients and healthy food groups with less consumption of red and processed meats and sugar-sweetened beverages. MDD-W was significantly associated with the mean adequacy ratio (MAR) of 18 micronutrients evaluated. Nevertheless, even those women with a diverse diet fell short of meeting the Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) for vitamins D and E. MDD-W is an appropriate tool to evaluate micronutrients adequacy in WCA from Latin America, showing that women who achieved the MDD-W reported higher adequacy ratios for most micronutrients and an overall healthier diet.

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Dietary Diversity and Micronutrients Adequacy in Women of Childbearing Age: Results from ELANS Study

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“…Like dietary diversity, farm production diversity is determined by various demographic, socioeconomic and infrastructural factors like household demographics, wealth, access to market and other infrastructural and institutional services. A factor, gender, is linked to various aspects of rural livelihoods like adoption of agricultural technologies and practices (Fisher and Carr 2015;Ndiritu et al 2014), investment of generated income and credit (Carter et al 2017;Garikipati 2008) and food security (Galiè et al 2019;Larson et al 2019;Malapit et al 2019;Sariyev et al 2020;Sraboni et al 2014). Moreover, recent observational studies that investigate agriculture and nutrition linkage find that livestock ownership and production diversity are prominent for dietary diversity, and women's empowerment can be an important mediator (Ruel et al 2018).…”

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Intra-household decision-making, production diversity, and dietary quality: a panel data analysis of Ethiopian rural households

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Considering that rural poor are mostly subsistence farmers, it seems plausible that production diversity could lead to better nutrition for these farmers. The association between production and dietary diversity is complex, and this complexity demands rigorous empirical analyses and more attention to gendered aspects of intra-household decision-making. We employ panel data analyses of 363 Ethiopian smallholders surveyed in 2014 and 2016 to test for this phenomenon, and to explore the association of women's participation in decision-making with both production and consumption diversity. Results show that, diversification can be a strategy to improve the diets, but only of rural poor who have limited non-farm income, who are distant to the markets and mostly subsistence oriented. Moreover, female participation in decision-making associates with higher diversity both in terms of production and consumption, but it does not modify the magnitude of the association between production and dietary diversity. Our analyses contribute to the enriching literature on the linkage between production diversification and dietary diversity. We study this complex relationship in-depth and show that the gendered aspect of intra-household decision-making is an important covariate for both production diversity and dietary quality.

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“…The study of Waha et al (2018) states that a more diverse agricultural system can contribute to food security for households due to the household market orientation factors and available land resources. Then a study from Larson et al (2019) with a focus of research on the relationship between empowerment activities, food security and food diversity shows that highincome households have more diverse diets. In contrast, low-income families tend to experience moderate to moderate food insecurity weight.…”

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Food Diversification: Strengthening Strategic Efforts to Reduce Social Inequality through Sustainable Food Security Development in Indonesia

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Kasiwi

2020

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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<span>Potential</span><span lang="EN-US"> food resources can be utilized through food diversification as a part of the government's efforts to minimize socio-economic inequality with sustainable food security development program. The purpose of this study was to observe the role of food diversification in reducing social inequality through sustainable food security development. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods with secondary data collection techniques which include data references as well as documentation related to food security development. The results showed that in Indonesia, food diversification program has an impact on increasing income, household resilience and welfare with a decrease in the number of the rural poor population of 4.7% (from 16.31 people to 15.54 people). It was positively correlated with the increase in farmers' income by (IDR) 30.37 million per capita increase (4.47%). Then, followed by the level of food security in the district area reached 80.53% (335 regions) and for urban areas amounted to 92.85% (91 regions). National food security can be achieved through maximizing the potential use of food resources at the regional level, by diversifying food based on local wisdom and optimally local resources. It can be concluded that food diversification is a policy that can be used by the government to increase community economic income and reduce poverty and social inequality.</span>

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Gender, household food security, and dietary diversity in western Honduras

Cited by 54 publications

References 9 publications

Dietary Diversity and Micronutrients Adequacy in Women of Childbearing Age: Results from ELANS Study

Dietary Diversity and Micronutrients Adequacy in Women of Childbearing Age: Results from ELANS Study

Intra-household decision-making, production diversity, and dietary quality: a panel data analysis of Ethiopian rural households

Food Diversification: Strengthening Strategic Efforts to Reduce Social Inequality through Sustainable Food Security Development in Indonesia

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