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The Role of Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries in Meeting Food and Nutrition Security: Testing a Nutrition-Sensitive Pond Polyculture Intervention in Rural Zambia

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Title The Role of Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries in Meeting Food and Nutrition Security: Testing a Nutrition-Sensitive Pond Polyculture Intervention in Rural Zambia
 
Creator Kaminski, Alexander M.
Little, David C.
Middleton, Lucinda
Syapwaya, Muleya
Lundeba, Mary
Johnson, Jacob
Huchzermeyer, Carl
Thilsted, Shakuntala H.
 
Subject aquaculture
fisheries
africa
food systems
zambia
fish
food and nutrition security
polyculture
small-scale
nutrition-sensitive
lake bangweulu
microbiology
food science
 
Description This study tested the efficacy of a pond polyculture intervention with farming households in northern Zambia. Longitudinal data on fish consumption and the associated nutrient intake of households (N = 57) were collected over a six-month period (September 2019–March 2020). One group of people tested the intervention while another group that practiced monoculture tilapia farming, and a third group that did not practice aquaculture, acted as control groups. A similar quantity of fish was consumed on average; however, the associated nutrient intake differed, based on the quantity and type of species consumed, particularly for those who had access to pelagic small fish from capture fisheries. There was a decrease in fish consumption from December onward due to fisheries management restrictions. The ponds provided access to micronutrient-rich fish during this time. Pond polyculture can act as a complementary source of fish to capture fisheries that are subjected to seasonal controls, as well as to households that farm tilapia. Assessments of how aquatic foods can improve food and nutrition security often separate aquaculture and capture fisheries, failing to account for people who consume fish from diverse sources simultaneously. A nutrition-sensitive approach thus places food and nutrition security, and consumers, at the center of the analysis.
 
Date 2022-05-04
2023-01-22T14:30:47Z
2023-01-22T14:30:47Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Alexander Kaminski, Dave Little, Lucinda Middleton, Muleya Syapwaya, Mary Lundeba, Jacob Johnson, Carl Huchzermeyer, Shakuntala Thilsted. (4/5/2022). The Role of Aquaculture and Capture Fisheries in Meeting Food and Nutrition Security: Testing a Nutrition-Sensitive Pond Polyculture Intervention in Rural Zambia. Foods, 11 (9).
2304-8158
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127766
https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11091334
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher MDPI AG
 
Source Foods