Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya
A study of the role of wild food biodiversity in achieving a cost reduction of a nutritionally adequate diet for women and young children in Kenya using linear programming.An ethnobiological inventory of available food biodiversity was carried out by means of focus group discussions, and five wild f...
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Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation
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| author | Termote, Céline Raneri, Jessica Evelyn Deptford, A. Cogill, Bruce |
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| description | A study of the role of wild food biodiversity in achieving a cost reduction of a nutritionally adequate diet for women and young children in Kenya using linear programming.An ethnobiological inventory of available food biodiversity was carried out by means of focus group discussions, and five wild foods selected for further modeling. A market survey assessed available food prices by season. Diets were modeled to minimize cost and maximize nutrient adequacy using the Cost of Diet linear programming tool. Modeling was done without and with wild foods.The modeled diets without wild species were deficient in iron for all age groups during the dry season, deficient in vitamin B6 and calcium for infants aged 6 to 8 months during the dry season, and deficient in iron and zinc for infants aged 6 to 8 months over the whole year. Adding wild foods to the modeled diets resulted in a lower-cost diet, while meeting recommended iron intakes for women and children between 12 and 23 months of age. |
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| spelling | CGSpace680842025-11-12T05:49:04Z Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya Termote, Céline Raneri, Jessica Evelyn Deptford, A. Cogill, Bruce wild plants biodiversity costs nutrition models foods A study of the role of wild food biodiversity in achieving a cost reduction of a nutritionally adequate diet for women and young children in Kenya using linear programming.An ethnobiological inventory of available food biodiversity was carried out by means of focus group discussions, and five wild foods selected for further modeling. A market survey assessed available food prices by season. Diets were modeled to minimize cost and maximize nutrient adequacy using the Cost of Diet linear programming tool. Modeling was done without and with wild foods.The modeled diets without wild species were deficient in iron for all age groups during the dry season, deficient in vitamin B6 and calcium for infants aged 6 to 8 months during the dry season, and deficient in iron and zinc for infants aged 6 to 8 months over the whole year. Adding wild foods to the modeled diets resulted in a lower-cost diet, while meeting recommended iron intakes for women and children between 12 and 23 months of age. 2014 2015-09-04T12:20:48Z 2015-09-04T12:20:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68084 en Open Access application/pdf Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation Termote, C.; Raneri, J.; Deptford, A.; Cogill, B. (2015) Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 35(4) p. 458-479 ISSN: 0379-5721 |
| spellingShingle | wild plants biodiversity costs nutrition models foods Termote, Céline Raneri, Jessica Evelyn Deptford, A. Cogill, Bruce Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya |
| title | Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya |
| title_full | Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya |
| title_short | Assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet: an example from eastern Baringo District, Kenya |
| title_sort | assessing the potential of wild foods to reduce the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet an example from eastern baringo district kenya |
| topic | wild plants biodiversity costs nutrition models foods |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68084 |
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