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Using participatory rural appraisal to investigate food production, nutrition and safety in the Tanzanian dairy value chain

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Title Using participatory rural appraisal to investigate food production, nutrition and safety in the Tanzanian dairy value chain
 
Creator Häsler, Barbara
Msalya, George
Roesel, Kristina
Fornace, Kimberly
Eltholth, Mahmoud
Sikira, Anna
Kurwijila, Lusato R.
Rushton, Jonathan
Grace, Delia
 
Subject dairies
food security
nutrition
food safety
supply chain
 
Description Identifying and implementing interventions that create co-benefits in terms of food and nutrition security as well as food safety requires an interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach. This study was part of a larger project that applied an integrated framework for combined nutritional, food safety and value chain analysis to assess the dairy value chain in two regions of Tanzania, namely Morogoro and Tanga. Here, we report on the use of participatory rural appraisals (PRAs) with producers and consumers to investigate seasonality, constraints and opportunities in cow milk production and consumption in ten villages in Tanzania and describe attitudes and practices surrounding milk quality and safety. The PRAs allowed identifying strong seasonal milk production and consumption practices reflecting rainfall patterns and a dependence on the natural environment. A wide range of production constraints were described by producers including insufficient technical know-how, poor quality breeds, cattle diseases, lack of capital, feed, water and reliable markets. While milk availability had a strong influence on milk consumption, findings showed that there are a range of other factors such as the consistency of milk, purchasing power and the availability of other foods which also influence consumer choice. A dependence on sensory milk quality attributes in the absence of other systems of certification was described. Both producers and consumers showed little concern regarding potentially contaminated milk despite an awareness of the existence of milkborne disease risks. The results indicate great potential for upscaling dairy production and at the same time highlight that any such interventions should carefully consider mitigation measures for food safety risks.
 
Date 2019-03
2019-02-19T12:13:21Z
2019-02-19T12:13:21Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Häsler, B., Msalya, G., Roesel, K., Fornace, K., Eltholth, M., Sikira, A., Kurwijila, L., Rushton, J. and Grace, D. 2019. Using participatory rural appraisal to investigate food production, nutrition and safety in the Tanzanian dairy value chain. Global Food Security 20: 122–131.
2211-9124
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99487
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.01.006
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 122-131
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Global Food Security