Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi
The impact of agricultural decisions on the dietary diversity of people living on subsistence farms is poorly documented. This study examines the relationship between diversity in agricultural production and diets in two provinces of northern Burundi. The factors associated with the dietary diversit...
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| author | Emera, Willy Désiré Lachat, Carl Umwungerimwiza, Yves Didier Slosse, Wannes D’Haese, Marijke |
| author_browse | D’Haese, Marijke Emera, Willy Désiré Lachat, Carl Slosse, Wannes Umwungerimwiza, Yves Didier |
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| description | The impact of agricultural decisions on the dietary diversity of people living on subsistence farms is poorly documented. This study examines the relationship between diversity in agricultural production and diets in two provinces of northern Burundi. The factors associated with the dietary diversity of women and children in these rural households were analysed using Poisson and probit models with six indicators of agricultural production diversity: (1) tropical livestock units, (2) animal count, (3) crop species count, (4) the Simpson’s index, (5) the Shannon index and (6) caloric content. We distinguish three groups of farms based on the proportion of agricultural products sold, i.e., "subsistence farms” sold less than 5%, “quasi-subsistence farms” sold between 5 and 10%, and “farms with some sales” sold more than 10% of their produce. On average, women on subsistence farms consumed 4.0 out of ten food groups (standard deviation: 1.54), which is lower than the averages of 4.8 (standard deviation: 2 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1795092026-01-09T02:16:11Z Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi Emera, Willy Désiré Lachat, Carl Umwungerimwiza, Yves Didier Slosse, Wannes D’Haese, Marijke food security nutrition household income diversification The impact of agricultural decisions on the dietary diversity of people living on subsistence farms is poorly documented. This study examines the relationship between diversity in agricultural production and diets in two provinces of northern Burundi. The factors associated with the dietary diversity of women and children in these rural households were analysed using Poisson and probit models with six indicators of agricultural production diversity: (1) tropical livestock units, (2) animal count, (3) crop species count, (4) the Simpson’s index, (5) the Shannon index and (6) caloric content. We distinguish three groups of farms based on the proportion of agricultural products sold, i.e., "subsistence farms” sold less than 5%, “quasi-subsistence farms” sold between 5 and 10%, and “farms with some sales” sold more than 10% of their produce. On average, women on subsistence farms consumed 4.0 out of ten food groups (standard deviation: 1.54), which is lower than the averages of 4.8 (standard deviation: 2 2025-06-07 2026-01-08T11:03:52Z 2026-01-08T11:03:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179509 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Science+Business Media Emera, W.D.; Lachat, C.; Umwungerimwiza, Y.D.; Slosse, W.; D’Haese, M. (2025) Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi. Food Security 17(4): p. 935-956. ISSN: 1876-4517 |
| spellingShingle | food security nutrition household income diversification Emera, Willy Désiré Lachat, Carl Umwungerimwiza, Yves Didier Slosse, Wannes D’Haese, Marijke Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi |
| title | Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi |
| title_full | Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi |
| title_fullStr | Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi |
| title_short | Off-farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in Burundi |
| title_sort | off farm income and dietary diversity in subsistence farming in burundi |
| topic | food security nutrition household income diversification |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179509 |
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