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Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi

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Title Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi
 
Creator Fatch, Paul
Masangano, Charles
Jordan, Irmgard
Hilger, Thomas
Kalimbira, Alexander
Glas, Maria Gracia
Roehlig, Anna
Chiutsi-Phiri, Gabriella
Mangani Kamoto, Judith Francesca
Mambo, Isaac
Nuppenau, Ernst-August
 
Subject crops
diversification
livestock
food systems
livelihoods
 
Description There is global debate whether to diversify agricultural production. A study was conducted in 2016 and 2017 in Lilongwe district, Malawi, to determine effects of agricultural diversity on income, wealth, diets and nutrition. A cross-sectional design was used in surveys on agriculture, income, assets, and nutrition coupled with anthropometric measurements targeting children, men, and women in 424 households. Using an agricultural diversity index constituting crop livestock and fruit diversity, level of agricultural diversity was 28.22%). Bivariate correlation analysis showed that agricultural diversity had a significant positive relationship with household income (r = 0.369), wealth (r = 0.363), and dietary diversity (r = 0.144 for children, r = 0.298 for women, and r = 0.211 for men). However, agricultural diversity had no significant effect on nutritional status of children, women, and men. This implies that to influence nutrition, other factors, such as better health, need to complement agricultural diversity.
 
Date 2023-03
2023-03-02T09:48:19Z
2023-03-02T09:48:19Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Fatch, P.; Masangano, C.; Jordan, I.; Hilger, T.; Kalimbira, A.; Glas, M.G.; Roehlig, A.; Chiutsi-Phiri, G.; Mangani Kamato, J.F.; Mambo, I.; Nuppenau, E-A. (2023) Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi. Scientific African 19: e01569. ISSN: 2468-2276
2468-2276
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129147
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01569
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format e01569
application/pdf
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source Scientific African