Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems
Integrated aquaculture–agriculture (IAA) is a form of crop diversification where aquatic and terrestrial foods are grown together on a single parcel of land. We compare economic and nutrient productivity per hectare for 12 distinct IAA combinations, identified from a representative survey of 721 far...
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| author | Ignowski, Liz Belton, Ben Ali, Hazrat Thilsted, Shakuntala H. |
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| description | Integrated aquaculture–agriculture (IAA) is a form of crop diversification where aquatic and terrestrial foods are grown together on a single parcel of land. We compare economic and nutrient productivity per hectare for 12 distinct IAA combinations, identified from a representative survey of 721 farms in southern Bangladesh. Just under half of households integrate agriculture into their aquaculture production. Regression analyses show positive associations between the integration of terrestrial foods into aquatic farming systems and nutrient productivity, but that nutrient productivity is partly disconnected from economic productivity. However, we find that production of specific combinations of aquatic foods and vegetables can simultaneously improve nutrient productivity and economic productivity, thereby promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA). The approach demonstrated here can be applied to the design of NSA programmes that are important for realizing nutrition-sensitive food systems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1321832024-11-07T09:36:05Z Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems Ignowski, Liz Belton, Ben Ali, Hazrat Thilsted, Shakuntala H. aquatic food systems diversification food production households production economics regression analysis Integrated aquaculture–agriculture (IAA) is a form of crop diversification where aquatic and terrestrial foods are grown together on a single parcel of land. We compare economic and nutrient productivity per hectare for 12 distinct IAA combinations, identified from a representative survey of 721 farms in southern Bangladesh. Just under half of households integrate agriculture into their aquaculture production. Regression analyses show positive associations between the integration of terrestrial foods into aquatic farming systems and nutrient productivity, but that nutrient productivity is partly disconnected from economic productivity. However, we find that production of specific combinations of aquatic foods and vegetables can simultaneously improve nutrient productivity and economic productivity, thereby promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA). The approach demonstrated here can be applied to the design of NSA programmes that are important for realizing nutrition-sensitive food systems. 2023 2023-10-09T14:10:25Z 2023-10-09T14:10:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132183 en Open Access Nature Publishing Group Ignowski, Liz; Belton, Ben; Ali, Hazrat; and Thilsted, Shakuntala Haraksingh. Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems. Nature Food. Artilce in press. First published online September 4, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00840-8 |
| spellingShingle | aquatic food systems diversification food production households production economics regression analysis Ignowski, Liz Belton, Ben Ali, Hazrat Thilsted, Shakuntala H. Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems |
| title | Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems |
| title_full | Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems |
| title_fullStr | Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems |
| title_short | Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems |
| title_sort | integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition sensitive food systems |
| topic | aquatic food systems diversification food production households production economics regression analysis |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132183 |
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