Food and nutrition security implications of crop diversification in Malawi’s farm households

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dc.creatorMazunda, John
dc.creatorKankwamba, Henry
dc.creatorPauw, Karl
dc.date2018-02-22
dc.date2024-06-21T09:10:19Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:10:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:34:48Z
dc.descriptionThis chapter provides selected details from a study of the links between crop production diversity and dietary diversity among Malawian households. We use data from Malawi’s Third Integrated Household Survey (2010–2011) to construct a food group–based, household-level dietary diversity score. To sharpen our “nutrition lens,” we also construct indicators for household-level access to micronutrients. Results indicate significant and positive associations between food crop production diversification and both types of indicators. The strongest associations are for households’ micronutrient access. Production diversification is associated with a 35 percent increase in access to iron, a 47 percent increase in access to vitamin A, a 45 percent increase in access to folate, and a 35 percent increase in access to zinc. As deficiencies in these micronutrients continue to present a public health challenge in Malawi, these findings support the hypothesis that crop production diversification is a viable option to increase nutrition sensitivity in agriculture.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108424
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292864
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMazunda, John; Kankwamba, Henry; and Pauw, Karl. 2018. Food and nutrition security implications of crop diversification in Malawi’s farm households. In Agriculture, food security, and nutrition in Malawi: Leveraging the links, eds. Noora-Lisa Aberman, Janice Meerman, and Todd Benson. Chapter 5, Pp. 53-60 Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147002
dc.subjectimpact
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecttrace elements
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectdiversification
dc.subjectdietary diversity
dc.titleFood and nutrition security implications of crop diversification in Malawi’s farm households
dc.typeBook Chapter

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