Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa

Local food markets play crucial roles in promoting dietary diversity and improving nutritional outcomes in poor rural communities. Evidence on the quality of local food markets in Africa in providing these nutritious foods in the face of climatic shocks is however limited, partly due to lack of appr...

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Main Authors: Assefa, Thomas, Berhane, Guush, Headey, Derek D., Abay, Mehari H.
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: CGIAR System Organization 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138795
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author Assefa, Thomas
Berhane, Guush
Headey, Derek D.
Abay, Mehari H.
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description Local food markets play crucial roles in promoting dietary diversity and improving nutritional outcomes in poor rural communities. Evidence on the quality of local food markets in Africa in providing these nutritious foods in the face of climatic shocks is however limited, partly due to lack of appropriate metrics to measure food market qualities in those contexts. We construct a food market quality indicator to measure the potentials of these markets and explore variations across different markets in Africa. We use longitudinal community and price data to compute the cost of recommended diets based on the EAT-Lancet reference diets and analyse spatial, agroclimatic, and temporal variations. Results highlight substantial variations across communities, and agroclimatic settings in three countries in Africa, namely Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Nigeria.
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spelling CGSpace1387952025-03-11T12:14:31Z Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa Assefa, Thomas Berhane, Guush Headey, Derek D. Abay, Mehari H. diet quality rural areas nutrition climate change extreme weather events agricultural production markets Local food markets play crucial roles in promoting dietary diversity and improving nutritional outcomes in poor rural communities. Evidence on the quality of local food markets in Africa in providing these nutritious foods in the face of climatic shocks is however limited, partly due to lack of appropriate metrics to measure food market qualities in those contexts. We construct a food market quality indicator to measure the potentials of these markets and explore variations across different markets in Africa. We use longitudinal community and price data to compute the cost of recommended diets based on the EAT-Lancet reference diets and analyse spatial, agroclimatic, and temporal variations. Results highlight substantial variations across communities, and agroclimatic settings in three countries in Africa, namely Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Nigeria. 2023-12-23 2024-02-01T17:44:46Z 2024-02-01T17:44:46Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138795 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Assefa, Thomas; Berhane, Guush; Headey, Derek; Abay, Mehari H. 2023. Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa. Climate Resilience Working Paper December 2023. CGIAR.
spellingShingle diet quality
rural areas
nutrition
climate change
extreme weather events
agricultural production
markets
Assefa, Thomas
Berhane, Guush
Headey, Derek D.
Abay, Mehari H.
Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa
title Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa
title_full Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa
title_fullStr Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa
title_short Local food markets, healthy diets, and climatic shocks in Africa
title_sort local food markets healthy diets and climatic shocks in africa
topic diet quality
rural areas
nutrition
climate change
extreme weather events
agricultural production
markets
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138795
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