Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005)
To inform policy makers concerned with food security, this paper relies on the 1–2–3 household survey (2004–2005) to provide a geographical overview of Congo’s food markets and dietary status. The results of this descriptive study point to inefficient domestic food markets, with Kinshasa being a cas...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
SAGE Publications
2024
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139918 |
| _version_ | 1855541004011044864 |
|---|---|
| author | Marivoet, Wim |
| author_browse | Marivoet, Wim |
| author_facet | Marivoet, Wim |
| author_sort | Marivoet, Wim |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | To inform policy makers concerned with food security, this paper relies on the 1–2–3 household survey (2004–2005) to provide a geographical overview of Congo’s food markets and dietary status. The results of this descriptive study point to inefficient domestic food markets, with Kinshasa being a case in point: it is deficient, poorly connected to its hinterland and highly dependent on imports. Food markets in the Kasaï provinces and the northeastern region are two minor exceptions, while the most competitive food producers are found in Équateur and North Kivu. Despite differential access, five diet types can be identified, with the most energy rich (cassava/palm oil) being consumed in Maniema, Orientale, Équateur, and rural Bas-Congo. In contrast, households in South Kivu and Kinshasa suffer from large calorie deficiencies, which is due to low purchasing power for the former and relatively higher food prices and more demanding social norms for the latter. |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | CGSpace139918 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2024 |
| publishDateRange | 2024 |
| publishDateSort | 2024 |
| publisher | SAGE Publications |
| publisherStr | SAGE Publications |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1399182025-10-26T13:01:11Z Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005) Marivoet, Wim policies food security markets diet imports prices cassava To inform policy makers concerned with food security, this paper relies on the 1–2–3 household survey (2004–2005) to provide a geographical overview of Congo’s food markets and dietary status. The results of this descriptive study point to inefficient domestic food markets, with Kinshasa being a case in point: it is deficient, poorly connected to its hinterland and highly dependent on imports. Food markets in the Kasaï provinces and the northeastern region are two minor exceptions, while the most competitive food producers are found in Équateur and North Kivu. Despite differential access, five diet types can be identified, with the most energy rich (cassava/palm oil) being consumed in Maniema, Orientale, Équateur, and rural Bas-Congo. In contrast, households in South Kivu and Kinshasa suffer from large calorie deficiencies, which is due to low purchasing power for the former and relatively higher food prices and more demanding social norms for the latter. 2024-05 2024-03-11T18:15:34Z 2024-03-11T18:15:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139918 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147645 Limited Access SAGE Publications Marivoet, Wim. 2022. Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005). Journal of Asian and African Studies 59(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221120922 |
| spellingShingle | policies food security markets diet imports prices cassava Marivoet, Wim Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005) |
| title | Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005) |
| title_full | Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005) |
| title_fullStr | Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005) |
| title_short | Food markets and diets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A geographical overview (2004–2005) |
| title_sort | food markets and diets in the democratic republic of the congo a geographical overview 2004 2005 |
| topic | policies food security markets diet imports prices cassava |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139918 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT marivoetwim foodmarketsanddietsinthedemocraticrepublicofthecongoageographicaloverview20042005 |