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BookletPolicy Brief - Indigenous livestock and poultry to alleviate under-nutrition among women and children in rural farm-households of Sri Lanka 2019
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No results found.Malnutrition among women of reproductive age results in reduced productivity, increased susceptibility to infections, slow recovery from illness, and heightened risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. In Sri Lanka, only 45.7 percent of women have a healthy BMI, with 45.3 percent either overweight or obese. Being underweight and overweight can impact negatively on an unborn child. The causal relationship between nutritional status and food consumption patterns is well established, including the relationship between increased consumption of animal source foods. Promoting the consumption of these foods, specifically, indigenous livestock and poultry, is one channel to improve food and nutrition security in Sri Lanka. At a household level, evidence demonstrates that indigenous livestock and poultry keepers consume more animal source foods, and contribute to food and nutrition security of the household. Furthermore, the keepers of livestock with a market orientation earn additional income from sales and thus contribute to accessibility of more nutritious food. Despite the benefits of rearing indigenous livestock, a secular decline of indigenous animals from the farming systems of Sri Lanka is evident. In this respect, this policy brief examines the benefits of livestock and poultry to alleviate malnutrition and improve the living conditions of rural small-holder farm families and provides recommendations for policy and regulatory reforms. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetCorrelates 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 2022
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No results found.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. -
BookletCorrelates of dietary diversification among children aged 6-23 months in Afikepo programme districts 2020
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No results found.In Malawi, close to one million children aged less than five years are suffering from stunting which is an indicator of chronic malnutrition. Stunting manifests strongly during the first 1 000 days, that is, from conception to the age of two years. This implies that nutrition interventions put in place within the first 1 000 days are likely to have significant impact on the reduction of stunting. This article focuses on the correlates of dietary diversity among children 6 to 23 months. Minimum dietary diversity is defined as the proportion of children 6 to 23 months consuming of four or more food groups from the seven food groups. This article further utilizes baseline data collected in ten districts between 26th October and 18th December 2018. The baseline survey used a cross-sectional multi-stage cluster sampling design. A total of 3 667 children aged 6 to 23 months were assessed from 9 505 households sampled across the 10 districts. The proportion of children 6 to 23 months meeting the minimum dietary diversity was estimated as 29.7% [95% CI: 28.2-31.2]. The results further indicate that children aged 9 to 11 months were nearly 5 times likely to meet the minimum dietary diversity compared with children 6 to 8 months (Odds Ratio: 4.85 [95% CI: 3.50 – 6.73]). Other correlates significantly associated with improved dietary diversification included region, availability of fruit trees and vegetable gardens at the homestead.
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