Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal

Pathways through which agricultural production may influence markets, household food security, dietary patterns and nutritional status remain incompletely understood. While cross-sectional surveys are common, national, population-based, standardized data collection systems that annually monitor mark...

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Autores principales: Klemm, R.D., Manohar, W.S., Rajbhandary, R., Shrestha, K., Gauchan, D., Adhikari, R., Thorne-Lyman, A.L., KC, A., Nonyane, B.A.S., Ghosh, S., Webb, P., West, K.P.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100675
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author Klemm, R.D.
Manohar, W.S.
Rajbhandary, R.
Shrestha, K.
Gauchan, D.
Adhikari, R.
Thorne-Lyman, A.L.
KC, A.
Nonyane, B.A.S.
Ghosh, S.
Webb, P.
West, K.P.
author_browse Adhikari, R.
Gauchan, D.
Ghosh, S.
KC, A.
Klemm, R.D.
Manohar, W.S.
Nonyane, B.A.S.
Rajbhandary, R.
Shrestha, K.
Thorne-Lyman, A.L.
Webb, P.
West, K.P.
author_facet Klemm, R.D.
Manohar, W.S.
Rajbhandary, R.
Shrestha, K.
Gauchan, D.
Adhikari, R.
Thorne-Lyman, A.L.
KC, A.
Nonyane, B.A.S.
Ghosh, S.
Webb, P.
West, K.P.
author_sort Klemm, R.D.
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description Pathways through which agricultural production may influence markets, household food security, dietary patterns and nutritional status remain incompletely understood. While cross-sectional surveys are common, national, population-based, standardized data collection systems that annually monitor markets, local services, food security, dietary intake and nutritional status may be needed to understand time trends and relationships. We describe the design and methods of an annual nationally representative series of surveys of households with preschool aged children in 7 Village Development Committees (VDCs) sampled across each agroecological zone (mountains, hills and plains) in Nepal. Our sampling methodology yielded 21 VDCs, 63 wards (3 per VDC) and 40 markets in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Each year between ~ 4286-5097 consenting households were assessed for agricultural practices, socioeconomic conditions and food security; diet by 7-day food frequency and nutritional status by anthropometry (weight, height and arm circumference) of women (n=4509-5458) and children (n=5401- 5468) using standardized procedures. Due to a major earthquake in April 2015, a truncated sample (wards n=27) was reached in 2015. Three VDCs, each representing a centroid of surveyed VDCs in each zone, served as year-round sentinel sites in which we conducted six surveys of seasonal conditions from 2013-2015. Representative, sameseason, same-site surveys offer a feasible national framework for assessing annual status and trends in agricultural, food security and nutritional conditions to identify opportunities for policy and program interventions and observe population responses along a continuum leading from agriculture to nutrition.
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spelling CGSpace1006752025-11-12T05:40:42Z Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal Klemm, R.D. Manohar, W.S. Rajbhandary, R. Shrestha, K. Gauchan, D. Adhikari, R. Thorne-Lyman, A.L. KC, A. Nonyane, B.A.S. Ghosh, S. Webb, P. West, K.P. survey surveillance systems food security agriculture Pathways through which agricultural production may influence markets, household food security, dietary patterns and nutritional status remain incompletely understood. While cross-sectional surveys are common, national, population-based, standardized data collection systems that annually monitor markets, local services, food security, dietary intake and nutritional status may be needed to understand time trends and relationships. We describe the design and methods of an annual nationally representative series of surveys of households with preschool aged children in 7 Village Development Committees (VDCs) sampled across each agroecological zone (mountains, hills and plains) in Nepal. Our sampling methodology yielded 21 VDCs, 63 wards (3 per VDC) and 40 markets in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Each year between ~ 4286-5097 consenting households were assessed for agricultural practices, socioeconomic conditions and food security; diet by 7-day food frequency and nutritional status by anthropometry (weight, height and arm circumference) of women (n=4509-5458) and children (n=5401- 5468) using standardized procedures. Due to a major earthquake in April 2015, a truncated sample (wards n=27) was reached in 2015. Three VDCs, each representing a centroid of surveyed VDCs in each zone, served as year-round sentinel sites in which we conducted six surveys of seasonal conditions from 2013-2015. Representative, sameseason, same-site surveys offer a feasible national framework for assessing annual status and trends in agricultural, food security and nutritional conditions to identify opportunities for policy and program interventions and observe population responses along a continuum leading from agriculture to nutrition. 2018-08-28 2019-04-03T10:14:31Z 2019-04-03T10:14:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100675 en Open Access application/pdf Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd. Klemm, R.D.; Manohar, W.S.; Rajbhandary, R.; Shrestha, K.; Gauchan, D.; Adhikari, R.; Thorne-Lyman, A.L.; KC, A.; Nonyane, B.A.S.; Ghosh, S.; Webb, P.; West Jr. K.P.; (2018) Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal. Journal of Food Security 6(2) p. 79-89 ISSN: 2372-0115
spellingShingle survey
surveillance systems
food security
agriculture
Klemm, R.D.
Manohar, W.S.
Rajbhandary, R.
Shrestha, K.
Gauchan, D.
Adhikari, R.
Thorne-Lyman, A.L.
KC, A.
Nonyane, B.A.S.
Ghosh, S.
Webb, P.
West, K.P.
Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal
title Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal
title_full Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal
title_fullStr Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal
title_short Pathways from agriculture-to-nutrition: Design and conduct of the National PoSHAN surveys of Nepal
title_sort pathways from agriculture to nutrition design and conduct of the national poshan surveys of nepal
topic survey
surveillance systems
food security
agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100675
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