Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide

This guide presents a participatory approach to map seasonal food availability in a locality. Seasonality is one of the key factors in determining food availability, especially of perishable foods like fruits and vegetables. Information on seasonal food availability can be used as an entry point to...

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Autores principales: Lochetti, Gaia, Meldrum, Gennifer, Kennedy, Gina, Termote, Céline
Formato: Manual
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108914
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author Lochetti, Gaia
Meldrum, Gennifer
Kennedy, Gina
Termote, Céline
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description This guide presents a participatory approach to map seasonal food availability in a locality. Seasonality is one of the key factors in determining food availability, especially of perishable foods like fruits and vegetables. Information on seasonal food availability can be used as an entry point to understand local dynamics related to food and nutrition security and to design and develop projects and activities that, through a food systems approach, ultimately aim at the empowerment of local communities to manage and use local agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health. This guidebook provides advice on how to prepare for and implement data collection on seasonal food availability. It also provides guidance on how to use the data collected to develop food availability calendars and nutrition education materials to teach consumers about seasonally-available, nutrient-dense local foods. The approach, involving data collection in focus groups, enables a rapid assessment of diversity and seasonality in a locality that can capture food from multiple sources such as local cultivation, wild sourcing, and markets. The data collected correspond to perceived seasonal availability, which can be verified by direct observation depending on project needs. This guidebook targets non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research organizations and development agencies, while the methodology described can be adopted by anyone interested in mapping seasonal food availability.
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spelling CGSpace1089142025-12-08T10:29:22Z Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide Lochetti, Gaia Meldrum, Gennifer Kennedy, Gina Termote, Céline food supply seasonality nutrition nutrition education data collection guidelines estacionalidad suministro de alimentos nutrición This guide presents a participatory approach to map seasonal food availability in a locality. Seasonality is one of the key factors in determining food availability, especially of perishable foods like fruits and vegetables. Information on seasonal food availability can be used as an entry point to understand local dynamics related to food and nutrition security and to design and develop projects and activities that, through a food systems approach, ultimately aim at the empowerment of local communities to manage and use local agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health. This guidebook provides advice on how to prepare for and implement data collection on seasonal food availability. It also provides guidance on how to use the data collected to develop food availability calendars and nutrition education materials to teach consumers about seasonally-available, nutrient-dense local foods. The approach, involving data collection in focus groups, enables a rapid assessment of diversity and seasonality in a locality that can capture food from multiple sources such as local cultivation, wild sourcing, and markets. The data collected correspond to perceived seasonal availability, which can be verified by direct observation depending on project needs. This guidebook targets non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research organizations and development agencies, while the methodology described can be adopted by anyone interested in mapping seasonal food availability. 2020-07 2020-07-31T06:25:42Z 2020-07-31T06:25:42Z Manual https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108914 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture Lochetti, G.; Meldrum, G.; Kennedy, G.; Termote, C. (2020) Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide. Rome (Italy): Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT 52 p. ISBN: 978-92-9255-184-1
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seasonality
nutrition
nutrition education
data collection
guidelines
estacionalidad
suministro de alimentos
nutrición
Lochetti, Gaia
Meldrum, Gennifer
Kennedy, Gina
Termote, Céline
Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide
title Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide
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title_short Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide
title_sort seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition methodology guide
topic food supply
seasonality
nutrition
nutrition education
data collection
guidelines
estacionalidad
suministro de alimentos
nutrición
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