Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems

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dc.creatorIgnowski, Liz
dc.creatorBelton, Ben
dc.creatorAli, Hazrat
dc.creatorThilsted, Shakuntala H.
dc.date2023
dc.date2023-10-09T14:10:25Z
dc.date2023-10-09T14:10:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:47:28Z
dc.descriptionIntegrated aquaculture–agriculture (IAA) is a form of crop diversification where aquatic and terrestrial foods are grown together on a single parcel of land. We compare economic and nutrient productivity per hectare for 12 distinct IAA combinations, identified from a representative survey of 721 farms in southern Bangladesh. Just under half of households integrate agriculture into their aquaculture production. Regression analyses show positive associations between the integration of terrestrial foods into aquatic farming systems and nutrient productivity, but that nutrient productivity is partly disconnected from economic productivity. However, we find that production of specific combinations of aquatic foods and vegetables can simultaneously improve nutrient productivity and economic productivity, thereby promoting nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA). The approach demonstrated here can be applied to the design of NSA programmes that are important for realizing nutrition-sensitive food systems.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/132183
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/164503
dc.languageen
dc.publisherNature Publishing Group
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceIgnowski, Liz; Belton, Ben; Ali, Hazrat; and Thilsted, Shakuntala Haraksingh. Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems. Nature Food. Artilce in press. First published online September 4, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00840-8
dc.subjectaquatic food systems
dc.subjectdiversification
dc.subjectfood production
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectproduction economics
dc.subjectregression analysis
dc.titleIntegrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances micronutrient and economic productivity for nutrition-sensitive food systems
dc.typeJournal Article

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