Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi
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...
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| author | 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 |
| author_browse | Chiutsi-Phiri, Gabriella Fatch, Paul Glas, Maria Gracia Hilger, Thomas Jordan, Irmgard Kalimbira, Alexander Mambo, Isaac Mangani Kamoto, Judith Francesca Masangano, Charles Nuppenau, Ernst-August Roehlig, Anna |
| author_facet | 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 |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1291472025-12-08T09:54:28Z Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi 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 crops diversification livestock food systems livelihoods 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. 2023-03 2023-03-02T09:48:19Z 2023-03-02T09:48:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129147 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier 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 |
| spellingShingle | crops diversification livestock food systems livelihoods 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 Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi |
| title | Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi |
| title_full | Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi |
| title_short | Agricultural diversity linkage to income, wealth, diets and nutrition: Case of Lilongwe district in Malawi |
| title_sort | agricultural diversity linkage to income wealth diets and nutrition case of lilongwe district in malawi |
| topic | crops diversification livestock food systems livelihoods |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129147 |
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