Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges
While a lot of development planning and policy attention has been dedicated to achieving dietary energy (i.e., calorie) adequacy to ensure food security and support greater household wellbeing, nutrition adequacy is also necessary to achieve improved human development indicators (e.g., improved educ...
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| description | While a lot of development planning and policy attention has been dedicated to achieving dietary energy (i.e., calorie) adequacy to ensure food security and support greater household wellbeing, nutrition adequacy is also necessary to achieve improved human development indicators (e.g., improved educational attainment, decreased disease prevalence, and decreased child stunting prevalence). This study (explained in detail in the comprehensive working paper) calculates two poverty lines based on the costs that an individual faces in PNG to secure a diet consisting of foods typically consumed by poor households adjusted to align with a calorie threshold and healthy diet thresholds, respectively, together with modest non-food expenditures. Results suggest that over half of the sample households are unable to meet the necessary costs of ensuring an calorie equate modest food basket along with some basic non-food needs (Schmidt et al., 2022). Comparing the healthy diet poverty line to average household income suggests that attaining a nutritious, balanced diet while meeting other basic needs remains out of reach for nearly 4/5 of the rural sample households. Based on the study results, we identify 3 key interventions to improve food and nutrition security in vulnerable areas. First, PNG will continue to face disruptive climate events that quickly increase agricultural vulnerability and food insecurity in remote areas with limited market access and underdeveloped support services. The government of PNG in collaboration with development partners should pilot a series of social safety net programs that can assist vulnerable populations. These programs can be designed to build resiliency during non-shock seasons or years, such as improving livestock holdings, diversifying crop mix, investing in sustainable land management, and building agricultural production and other rural infrastructure for improved marketing and access to agricultural inputs. Second, a concerted effort is needed to promote the importance of nutrition at all levels of society. At the household level, training should aim to instill (for both men and women) the value of a costlier, but more nutritious diet. District and regional government officials, healthcare workers and other key stakeholders should be trained on methodologies to integrate nutrition programming into other development activities. High-level government dialogue and learning should aim to encourage greater coordination between local and federal government officials and across government departments to ensure improved nutrition outcomes for greater agricultural productivity and economic growth. Finally, PNG (both government and development partners) must invest in more timely data collection of key welfare indicators to inform nutrition targets and assistance programming. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1409952025-12-08T10:11:39Z Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges Schmidt, Emily Fang, Peixun Mahrt, Kristi poverty alleviation capacity development human health nutrition developing countries food security recommended dietary allowances diet household consumption energy consumption While a lot of development planning and policy attention has been dedicated to achieving dietary energy (i.e., calorie) adequacy to ensure food security and support greater household wellbeing, nutrition adequacy is also necessary to achieve improved human development indicators (e.g., improved educational attainment, decreased disease prevalence, and decreased child stunting prevalence). This study (explained in detail in the comprehensive working paper) calculates two poverty lines based on the costs that an individual faces in PNG to secure a diet consisting of foods typically consumed by poor households adjusted to align with a calorie threshold and healthy diet thresholds, respectively, together with modest non-food expenditures. Results suggest that over half of the sample households are unable to meet the necessary costs of ensuring an calorie equate modest food basket along with some basic non-food needs (Schmidt et al., 2022). Comparing the healthy diet poverty line to average household income suggests that attaining a nutritious, balanced diet while meeting other basic needs remains out of reach for nearly 4/5 of the rural sample households. Based on the study results, we identify 3 key interventions to improve food and nutrition security in vulnerable areas. First, PNG will continue to face disruptive climate events that quickly increase agricultural vulnerability and food insecurity in remote areas with limited market access and underdeveloped support services. The government of PNG in collaboration with development partners should pilot a series of social safety net programs that can assist vulnerable populations. These programs can be designed to build resiliency during non-shock seasons or years, such as improving livestock holdings, diversifying crop mix, investing in sustainable land management, and building agricultural production and other rural infrastructure for improved marketing and access to agricultural inputs. Second, a concerted effort is needed to promote the importance of nutrition at all levels of society. At the household level, training should aim to instill (for both men and women) the value of a costlier, but more nutritious diet. District and regional government officials, healthcare workers and other key stakeholders should be trained on methodologies to integrate nutrition programming into other development activities. High-level government dialogue and learning should aim to encourage greater coordination between local and federal government officials and across government departments to ensure improved nutrition outcomes for greater agricultural productivity and economic growth. Finally, PNG (both government and development partners) must invest in more timely data collection of key welfare indicators to inform nutrition targets and assistance programming. 2022-08-10 2024-04-12T13:37:02Z 2024-04-12T13:37:02Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140995 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136311 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12404 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00787-0 https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12625 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101964 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Schmidt, Emily; Fang, Peixun; and Mahrt, Kristi. 2022. Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges. Papua New Guinea Project Note 9. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136320. |
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| title | Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges |
| title_full | Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges |
| title_fullStr | Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges |
| title_short | Synopsis: Rural household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Food security and nutrition challenges |
| title_sort | synopsis rural household welfare in papua new guinea food security and nutrition challenges |
| topic | poverty alleviation capacity development human health nutrition developing countries food security recommended dietary allowances diet household consumption energy consumption |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140995 |
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