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Correlates of consumption of animal source foods among children aged 6–23 month, adolescent girls aged 15–19 years and women of reproductive age in rural Malawi

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 13 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper assesses if the production of various food items translates to improved consumption of varied food groups using data from the annual knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) survey of 2020 which was conducted in ten districts of Chitipa, Karonga, Mzimba, Nkhatabay in the northern region, Nkhotakota, Salima, Kasungu in the central region, and Chiradzulu, Thyolo, Mulanje in the southern region of Malawi. It concludes that households meeting the minimum dietary diversity remain low and varied by region and that meeting the minimum dietary diversity was significantly correlated with production of various food items such as ownership of livestock and backyard farming, even after accounting for the other factors. The results further showed production of the various food items was associated with increased consumption of the food items except production of poultry or chicken which did not lead to consumption of eggs.

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