How do indicators of household food insecurity measure up? An empirical comparison from Ethiopia

Maxwell, Daniel; Vaitla, Bapu; Coates, Jennifer

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.04.003

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“…Our finding of an inverse correlation between food insecurity and dietary diversity is in agreement with other studies, including among children and women of Awajún forest communities of Peru (10) , pre-school children in northern Ghana (66) , rural household farmers of northern Ethiopia (67) and cotton-growing women farmers in Burkina Faso (64) . Among the Awajún community of the Amazonian forests of Peru, Roche et al (10) observed a positive relationship between the traditional forest food diversity score and nutrient dietary quality and food security.…”

Section: Contribution Of Forest Foods To Nutrient and Energy Intakessupporting

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Contribution of forest foods to dietary intake and their association with household food insecurity: a cross-sectional study in women from rural Cameroon

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Muyonga

Kabahenda

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Objective: To determine the contribution of forest foods to dietary intake and estimate their association with household food insecurity. Design: Cross-sectional survey conducted among 279 households. Using a 7 d recall questionnaire, information on household food consumption was collected from women and used to determine the household dietary diversity score, food variety score and forest food consumption score (FFCS). Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) score was determined and Spearman rank correlation was used to establish the relationship between consumption of forest foods and HFIAS score. Women's dietary intake was estimated from two 24 h recalls. The contribution of forest foods to women's nutrient intakes was calculated and women's nutrient intakes were compared with estimated average nutrient requirements. Setting: Rural forest-dependent households in twelve villages in eastern and southern Cameroon. Subjects: Household heads and their non-pregnant, non-lactating spouses. Results: Forty-seven unique forest foods were identified; of these, seventeen were consumed by 98 % of respondents over the course of one week and by 17 % of women during the two 24 h recall periods. Although forest foods contributed approximately half of women's total daily energy intake, considerably greater contributions were made to vitamin A (93 %), Na (100 %), Fe (85 %), Zn (88 %) and Ca (89 %) intakes. Despite a highly biodiverse pool of foods, most households (83 %) suffered from high food insecurity based on the HFIAS. A significant inverse correlation was observed between the HFIAS score and the FFCS (r 2 = −0·169, P = 0·0006), demonstrating that forest foods play an important role in ensuring food security in these forest-dependent communities. Conclusions: Forest foods are widely consumed by forest-dependent communities. Given their rich nutrient content, they have potential to contribute to food and nutrition security.

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Section: Contribution Of Forest Foods To Nutrient and Energy Intakessupporting

confidence: 93%

Contribution of forest foods to dietary intake and their association with household food insecurity: a cross-sectional study in women from rural Cameroon

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Muyonga

Kabahenda

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“…First, while previous works have examined the dimensionality of food security in terms of what different variables measure [20][21][22], we suggest that multiple interpretations of a single dynamic variable are possible. Assessing food security change over time requires (at least) an investigation of: (i) levels attained, (ii) the trend of growth or decline, (iii) the volatility of outcomes, and (iv) persistence of the effects of shocks.…”

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A Non-Equilibrium Formulation of Food Security Resilience

Smerlak

Vaitla

2016

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Resilience, the ability to recover from adverse events, is of fundamental importance to food security. This is especially true in poor countries, where basic needs are frequently threatened by economic, environmental and health shocks. An empirically sound formalization of the concept of food security resilience, however, is lacking. Here, we introduce a general non-equilibrium framework for quantifying resilience based on the statistical notion of persistence. Our approach can be applied to any food security variable for which highfrequency time-series data are available. We illustrate our method with per capita kilocalorie availability for 161 countries between 1961 and 2011. We find that resilient countries are not necessarily those that are characterized by high levels or less volatile fluctuations of kilocalorie intake. Accordingly, food security policies and programmes will need to be tailored not only to welfare levels at any one time, but also to long-run welfare dynamics.

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“…This is why methodological tools have been developed to allow the identification of dietary diversity in the households and individually, such as the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) elaborated by the FANTA Project (Food and Nutrition Tehcnical Assistence) (Swindale and Bilinsky, 2006). The HDDS is a qualitative methodology that has been validated in different countries as an approximate measure of energy consumption per capita of the household (De Cock et al 2013;Kennedy et al 2010;Legwegoh and Hovorka, 2013;Maxwell et al 2014;Nyantakyi-Frimpong et al 2016;Tsiboe et al 2016). It also allows to identify the population's food deficiencies or excesses and it works as a baseline to implement interventions that improve the food consumption in households (Swindale and Bilinsky, 2006).…”

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“…According to Maxwell et al (2014), higher scores of the HDDS are indicators of a greater frequency of the foods and dietary diversity, therefore, less food insecurity. However, the DA found a clear difference between the dietary diversity types, being the low dietary diversity the best classified; what means that there are problems with the foods access and hence, food insecurity, thereby verifying the average HDDS.…”

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Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Ahimán¹,

Vanessa²

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DEDICATIONMy God for giving me the opportunity to be able to study and for giving me the strength to carry on. My parents Otilia and Carlos, examples of courage, endurance and determination. My husband Jorge for your love and for being there by my side during this journey. My dear family my refuge, as it without their encouragement and understanding, it wouldhave been impossible for me to finish this work. AGRADECIMIENTOSEn esta etapa de mi vida, como lo fue realizar los estudios de Doctorado; directa o indirectamente participaron varias personas, ya sea supervisando, aconsejando, opinando o simplemente dándome ánimo, para poder llegar a la feliz culminación de esta tesis doctoral y por ello quiero aprovechar este espacio para agradecerles.Agradezco inmensamente y desde lo profundo de mi corazón a Dios, por ser la guía y la fortaleza que sostiene mi vida y por crear la oportunidad de realizar este Doctorado.A Alberto Garrido tutor de esta tesis doctoral, por la supervisión académica brindada a lo largo de la realización de la misma, así como por la paciencia y apoyo brindado en todo momento; valoro cada tiempo que me dedicaste y los consejos que me proporcionaste y también te agradezco por abrirme las puertas del CEIGRAM y darme la oportunidad de colaborar en el libro Water for Food and Wellbeing in Latin America and the Caribbean. A Eduardo Santellano Estrada le agradezco por invitarme a realizar una estancia de investigación en la Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México, en el Centro de Extensión e Innovación Rural (CEIR) Noroeste (Enero-Abril 2015), quien me dio la oportunidad de colaborar en el "Proyecto de Cooperación Binacional de Extensión e Innovación Universitaria, bajo el Modelo Land Grand", este proyecto me permitió obtener la información necesaria, para realizar esta tesis de doctoral, muchas gracias por la oportunidad brindada.Además, agradezco a los colaboradores del CEIR en especial a Gerardo, Sandra, Ireyli, Fanni, y a todos por su amable acogida.Quiero expresar mi inmenso agradecimiento a todas las familias de las comunidades de la Sierra Tarahumara encuestadas, quienes me abrieron sus puertas, su gran bondad contribuyó decisivamente a la finalización del trabajo de campo. Asimismo, agradezco, a los líderes locales de San Ignacio de Arareco, al Comisario Daniel Villalobos, a los extensionistas del CEIR y a los traductores locales. Mi especial agradecimiento a Don Candelario, Rosita, Marco, Pablo, Julio y Armando, quienes me acompañaron a realizar las encuestas, muchas gracias.Al CEIGRAM, a sus directivos, y todos sus miembros. Quiero agradecer principalmente al Profesor José María Sumpsi, por su apoyo brindado desde que fue mi profesor de la asignatura de Desarrollo Rural en el Máster de Economía, hasta la fecha.Gracias también a Inés Mínguez, Ana Tarquis, Isabel Bardají, Esperanza, Katerina, Begoña, y todos los compañeros del CEIGRAM por la confraternidad brindada en estos años que estuve realizando la tesis.Al Departamento de Economía Agraria, Estadística y Gestión de Empresas y a su program...

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How do indicators of household food insecurity measure up? An empirical comparison from Ethiopia

Cited by 256 publications

References 14 publications

Contribution of forest foods to dietary intake and their association with household food insecurity: a cross-sectional study in women from rural Cameroon

Contribution of forest foods to dietary intake and their association with household food insecurity: a cross-sectional study in women from rural Cameroon

A Non-Equilibrium Formulation of Food Security Resilience

Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

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