Human milk: an invisible food resource
Human milk is a food that meets all conditions for an infant's nutrition security and is the most important food for more than 10 percent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (children less than three years of age). Statistics on production of human milk at local and national levels are lacking f...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1997
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| author | Hatløy, Anne Oshaug, Arne |
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| description | Human milk is a food that meets all conditions for an infant's nutrition security and is the most important food for more than 10 percent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (children less than three years of age). Statistics on production of human milk at local and national levels are lacking for Africa. In this paper, the quantity of human milk production in Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe is estimated. The annual production in the urban and rural areas in a county in Mali is estimated at 13 and 17 kilograms per capita, respectively. National annual median production is estimated to be between 144,000 (Mali) and 1.3 million metric tons (Nigeria), and production per capita between 8 (Zimbabwe) and 15 kilograms per year (Mali). In Sub-Saharan Africa, the production of human milk is about 50 percent of that of cow's milk. The paper argues that overlooking human milk production/consumption in data analysis and policymaking has negative consequences for children's health and nutritional status. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1611622025-11-06T05:51:38Z Human milk: an invisible food resource Hatløy, Anne Oshaug, Arne food security human nutrition public health Human milk is a food that meets all conditions for an infant's nutrition security and is the most important food for more than 10 percent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (children less than three years of age). Statistics on production of human milk at local and national levels are lacking for Africa. In this paper, the quantity of human milk production in Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe is estimated. The annual production in the urban and rural areas in a county in Mali is estimated at 13 and 17 kilograms per capita, respectively. National annual median production is estimated to be between 144,000 (Mali) and 1.3 million metric tons (Nigeria), and production per capita between 8 (Zimbabwe) and 15 kilograms per year (Mali). In Sub-Saharan Africa, the production of human milk is about 50 percent of that of cow's milk. The paper argues that overlooking human milk production/consumption in data analysis and policymaking has negative consequences for children's health and nutritional status. 1997 2024-11-21T09:53:53Z 2024-11-21T09:53:53Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161162 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hatløy, Anne; Oshaug, Arne. 1997. Human milk;an invisible food resource. FCND Discussion Paper 33. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161162 |
| spellingShingle | food security human nutrition public health Hatløy, Anne Oshaug, Arne Human milk: an invisible food resource |
| title | Human milk: an invisible food resource |
| title_full | Human milk: an invisible food resource |
| title_fullStr | Human milk: an invisible food resource |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human milk: an invisible food resource |
| title_short | Human milk: an invisible food resource |
| title_sort | human milk an invisible food resource |
| topic | food security human nutrition public health |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161162 |
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