Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia

Much has been made of the potential for aquaculture to improve rural livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Africa, though little evidence exists to back such claims. This study, conducted in northern Zambia, assessed the benefits of adopting aquaculture by comparing a sample of households w...

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Autores principales: Kaminski, A.M., Cole, S.M., Johnson, J., Thilsted, Shakuntala H., Lundeba, M., Genschick, S., Little, David C.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138725
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author Kaminski, A.M.
Cole, S.M.
Johnson, J.
Thilsted, Shakuntala H.
Lundeba, M.
Genschick, S.
Little, David C.
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Genschick, S.
Johnson, J.
Kaminski, A.M.
Little, David C.
Lundeba, M.
Thilsted, Shakuntala H.
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Cole, S.M.
Johnson, J.
Thilsted, Shakuntala H.
Lundeba, M.
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Little, David C.
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description Much has been made of the potential for aquaculture to improve rural livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Africa, though little evidence exists to back such claims. This study, conducted in northern Zambia, assessed the benefits of adopting aquaculture by comparing a sample of households with (n = 177) and without fishponds (n = 174).
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spelling CGSpace1387252025-12-08T09:54:28Z Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia Kaminski, A.M. Cole, S.M. Johnson, J. Thilsted, Shakuntala H. Lundeba, M. Genschick, S. Little, David C. aquaculture diversification dietary diversity production species diversity tilapia zambia food security nutrition ponds farming systems Much has been made of the potential for aquaculture to improve rural livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Africa, though little evidence exists to back such claims. This study, conducted in northern Zambia, assessed the benefits of adopting aquaculture by comparing a sample of households with (n = 177) and without fishponds (n = 174). 2024 2024-01-31T15:06:56Z 2024-01-31T15:06:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138725 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Kaminski, A.M., Cole, S.M., Johnson, J., Thilsted, S.H., Lundeba, M., Genschick, S. & Little, D.C. (2024). Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia. Agriculture & Food Security, 13(1), 1-21.
spellingShingle aquaculture
diversification
dietary diversity
production
species diversity
tilapia
zambia
food security
nutrition
ponds
farming systems
Kaminski, A.M.
Cole, S.M.
Johnson, J.
Thilsted, Shakuntala H.
Lundeba, M.
Genschick, S.
Little, David C.
Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia
title Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia
title_full Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia
title_fullStr Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia
title_full_unstemmed Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia
title_short Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia
title_sort smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status evidence from northern zambia
topic aquaculture
diversification
dietary diversity
production
species diversity
tilapia
zambia
food security
nutrition
ponds
farming systems
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138725
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