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Community perspectives on food security and dietary diversity among rural smallholder farmers: A qualitative study in central Uganda

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Title Community perspectives on food security and dietary diversity among rural smallholder farmers: A qualitative study in central Uganda
 
Creator Nabuuma, Deborah
Ekesa, Beatrice
Faber, Mieke
Mbhenyane, Xikombiso
 
Subject dietary diversity
food security
smallholders
gender
income generation
market access
diversidad de la alimentación
seguridad alimentaria
pequeños agricultores
 
Description Smallholder farmers produce majority of food in developing countries yet continue to be vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, limited diet quality and diversity, malnutrition, and face various production challenges. Though quantitative studies have explored determinants of dietary diversity among farmers, this data can be further enriched with farmer experiences and perspectives of whether and how these factors affect dietary diversity to inform intervention design and implementation. A qualitative study was conducted among rural smallholder farmers in Kiboga district, Central Uganda with 28 participants in eight focus group discussions (four groups with men and four groups with women). The results showed that both men and women were concerned about food security and dietary diversity and viewed household food production as pivotal to food security. Purchase of food was affected by prices, household income, distance to markets and food diversity in the accessed markets. Major determinants of dietary diversity included household food production, agricultural and nutrition knowledge and awareness, information access and use, household income, and time. Poor perception towards meetings, insufficient nutrition information, skills and training were also noted. Gender influences and differences noted were concerned with allocation and use of harvested food and income within the household; more men than women having a poor perception towards meetings/trainings; and women having limited time for agricultural and nutrition practices that support dietary diversity. From the results, efforts to improve dietary diversity should address the food security and production challenges faced; support income generation whether on- or off-farm and market access to diverse foods; use designs that address gender issues and are labor and time sensitive; and include capacity building in nutrition and practices that support access to and utilization of diverse food baskets, and social behavior change strategies.
 
Date 2021-07
2021-07-20T08:05:43Z
2021-07-20T08:05:43Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Nabuuma, D.; Ekesa, B.; Faber, M.; Mbhenyane, X. (2021) Community perspectives on food security and dietary diversity among rural smallholder farmers: A qualitative study in central Uganda. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 5:100183. 7 p. ISSN 2666-1543.
2666-1543
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114334
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2021.100183
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 7 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Journal of Agriculture and Food Research