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DocumentAn Analysis of the Food System Landscape and Agricultural Value Chains for Nutrition: A Case Study from Sierra Leone 2013
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No results found.The research undertaken in this project aimed to understand the role markets and value chains play in improving nutrition and dietary diversification both directly, through an increase in the production of nutritious foods sourced from smallholders in Sierra Leone, and indirectly, through an increase in income for smallholder farmers. Similarly, smallholder farmers can diversify their diet and improve their nutritional status either by producing more nutritious foods directly or by accessing mor e nutritious and diverse foods in markets through a rise in their disposable incomes. -
DocumentLinking Nutrition and Agrobiodiversity 2013
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No results found.It is already known that a lack of diversity is a crucial issue, particularly in the developing world where diets consist of starchy staples to a great extent with less nutrient-rich foods such as animal source food, fruits and vegetables being available, accessible or known to be important for a balanced diet. At the same time it is acknowledged that the consumption of a variety of foods across and within food groups almost guarantees adequate intake of essential nutrients and important non-nut rient factors. Still, it is not well understood how agricultural systems and the benefits derived from agrobiodiversity affect nutritional quality, consumption patterns, and nutrition and health status, in particular of people in the developing world. A study in Tanzania showed that a direct link between production and consumption of cultivated traditional vegetables exists; however, this link did not exist for exotic vegetables, usually bought from markets, and also not for wild vegetables whic h highlights the importance of taking the sources of foods into consideration. Among study participants in Tanzania the amount of vegetables consumed decreased with increasing diversity in the diet suggesting that other food groups, being less nutritious such as beverages and sugar, increased the dietary diversity and replaced partly the vegetables in the diet. Consequently, different forms of an increase in dietary diversity must be distinguished and next to reviewing dietary diversity scores f or measuring dietary adequacy further determinants of sustainable diets, namely cultural acceptability, accessibility and environmental sustainability, should be considered when linking nutrition and agriculture. -
Book (series)The State of Food and Agriculture, 2006
Food aid for food security?
2006The State of Food and Agriculture 2006 examines the issues and controversies surrounding international food aid and seeks to find ways to preserve its essential humanitarian role while minimizing the possibility of harmful secondary impacts. Food aid has rightly been credited with saving millions of lives; indeed, it is often the only thing standing between vulnerable people and death. Yet food aid is sharply criticized as a donor-driven response that creates dependency on the pa rt of recipients and undermines local agricultural producers and traders upon whom sustainable food security depends. The economic evidence regarding these issues is surprisingly thin, but it confirms that the timing and targeting of food aid are central to achieving immediate food security objectives while minimizing the potential for harm. Reforms to the international food aid system are necessary but they should be undertaken carefully because lives are at risk.
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