Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar
Diversification of production to strengthen resilience is a key tenet of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), which can help to address the complex vulnerabilities of agriculture-dependent rural communities. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the promotion of different CSA practices...
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| author | Hanley, Andrew Brychkova, Galina Barbon, Wilson John Noe, Su Myat Myae, Chan Thant, Phyu Sin McKeown, Peter Gonsalves, Julian Francis Spillane, Charles |
| author_browse | Barbon, Wilson John Brychkova, Galina Gonsalves, Julian Francis Hanley, Andrew McKeown, Peter Myae, Chan Noe, Su Myat Spillane, Charles Thant, Phyu Sin |
| author_facet | Hanley, Andrew Brychkova, Galina Barbon, Wilson John Noe, Su Myat Myae, Chan Thant, Phyu Sin McKeown, Peter Gonsalves, Julian Francis Spillane, Charles |
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| description | Diversification of production to strengthen resilience is a key tenet of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), which can help to address the complex vulnerabilities of agriculture-dependent rural communities. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the promotion of different CSA practices across four climate-smart villages (CSVs) in Myanmar. To determine the impact of the CSA practices on livelihoods and health, survey data were collected from agricultural households (n = 527) over three years. Within the time period studied, the results indicate that some of the CSA practices and technologies adopted were significantly associated with changes in household dietary diversity scores (HDDS), but, in the short-term, these were not associated with improvements in the households’ food insecurity scores (HFIAS). Based on the survey responses, we examined how pathways of CSA practice adoption tailored to different contexts of Myanmar’s four agro ecologies could contribute to the observed changes, including possible resulting trade-offs. We highlight that understanding the impacts of CSA adoption on household food security in CSVs will require longer-term monitoring, as most CSA options are medium- to long-cycle interventions such as fruit trees and raising small livestock which requires 3-8 years to accrue significant income benefits. Our further analysis of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) amongst the households indicated a poor understanding of the household knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to nutrition, food choices, food preparation, sanitation and hygiene. Our KAP findings indicate that current nutrition education interventions in the Myanmar CSVs are inadequate and will need further improvement for health and nutrition outcomes from the portfolio of CSA interventions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1162322025-08-15T13:22:22Z Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar Hanley, Andrew Brychkova, Galina Barbon, Wilson John Noe, Su Myat Myae, Chan Thant, Phyu Sin McKeown, Peter Gonsalves, Julian Francis Spillane, Charles agriculture climate-smart agriculture climate change food security Diversification of production to strengthen resilience is a key tenet of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), which can help to address the complex vulnerabilities of agriculture-dependent rural communities. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the promotion of different CSA practices across four climate-smart villages (CSVs) in Myanmar. To determine the impact of the CSA practices on livelihoods and health, survey data were collected from agricultural households (n = 527) over three years. Within the time period studied, the results indicate that some of the CSA practices and technologies adopted were significantly associated with changes in household dietary diversity scores (HDDS), but, in the short-term, these were not associated with improvements in the households’ food insecurity scores (HFIAS). Based on the survey responses, we examined how pathways of CSA practice adoption tailored to different contexts of Myanmar’s four agro ecologies could contribute to the observed changes, including possible resulting trade-offs. We highlight that understanding the impacts of CSA adoption on household food security in CSVs will require longer-term monitoring, as most CSA options are medium- to long-cycle interventions such as fruit trees and raising small livestock which requires 3-8 years to accrue significant income benefits. Our further analysis of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) amongst the households indicated a poor understanding of the household knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation to nutrition, food choices, food preparation, sanitation and hygiene. Our KAP findings indicate that current nutrition education interventions in the Myanmar CSVs are inadequate and will need further improvement for health and nutrition outcomes from the portfolio of CSA interventions. 2021-11-21 2021-11-23T23:37:03Z 2021-11-23T23:37:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116232 en Open Access MDPI Hanley A, Brychkova G, Barbon WJ, Noe SM, Myae C, Thant PS, McKeown PC, Gonsalves J, Spillane C. 2021. Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar. Climate 9(11):166. |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate-smart agriculture climate change food security Hanley, Andrew Brychkova, Galina Barbon, Wilson John Noe, Su Myat Myae, Chan Thant, Phyu Sin McKeown, Peter Gonsalves, Julian Francis Spillane, Charles Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar |
| title | Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar |
| title_full | Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar |
| title_fullStr | Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar |
| title_short | Community-Level Impacts of Climate-Smart Agriculture Interventions on Food Security and Dietary Diversity in Climate-Smart Villages in Myanmar |
| title_sort | community level impacts of climate smart agriculture interventions on food security and dietary diversity in climate smart villages in myanmar |
| topic | agriculture climate-smart agriculture climate change food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116232 |
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