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    Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/4459

    Inland fisheries critical for the diet quality of young children in sub-Saharan Africa

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    • Animal-source foods (ASF), such as fish, provide a critical source of nutrients for dietary quality and optimal growth of children. In sub-Saharan Africa, children often consume monotonous cereal-based diets, a key determinate of malnutrition such as stunting. Identifying existing sources of ASF for children’s diets will inform the development of nutritious food systems for vulnerable groups. Here we adopt a food systems framework (sensu HLPE, 2017) to examine links between aquatic- and terrestrial-based ASF sources with ASF consumption and dietary diversity in rural children aged 6-23 months in sub-Saharan Africa. Employing a novel approach, we merged existing geo-tagged nationally-representative datasets, including Demographic and Health Surveys for Malawi (2015-16, n=3995) and Zambia (2013-14, n=2333) with spatial data on proximity to inland fisheries (waterbodies ≥0.1km2) and formal markets. We found that children living closer to inland fisheries were more likely to consume fish and aquatic-based ASF, and exhibit higher dietary diversity. Children did not always consume more ASF if they lived were closer to a formal market or in a house that owned livestock. We found that inland fisheries are one of the most important sources of ASF for rural children in sub-Saharan Africa. We also demonstrate that secondary datasets provide a useful methodology for understanding the role of food systems for diets. As food systems transition, it is important that policy and programs preserve components of the existing food system – namely inland fisheries - to ensure the ongoing provision of nutrient-dense fish and aquatic-based ASF for the dietary quality of infants and young children.
    • External link to download this item: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100483
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    • Value chains and nutrition [211]
    • Resilient small-scale fisheries [1077]
    Date
    • 2021
    Author
    • O'Meara, L.
    • Cohen, P.J.
    • Simmance, F.
    • Marinda, P.
    • Nagoli, J.
    • Teoh, S.
    • Smith, S.F.
    • Mills, D.J.
    • Thilsted, S.H.
    • Byrd, K.A.
    Author(s) ORCID(s)
    • Lydia O'Mearahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0670-5322
    • Philippa Jane Cohenhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9987-1943
    • Fiona Simmancehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9505-0198
    • Joseph Nagolihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8919-1397
    • Shwu Jiau Teohhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7676-8583
    • David Jonathan Millshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0181-843X
    • Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilstedhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4041-1651
    • Kendra A Byrdhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4528-752X
    Subject(s)
    • diets; dietary diversity; nurtition; food fish; fish and aquatic foods; animal-source foods; low income groups; food supply chains; Fish
    AGROVOC Keywords
    • food security; nutrition; research; nutritive value; children; developing countries; food systems; market access; value chains; fish; inland fisheries
    Type
    • Journal Article
    Publisher
    • Elsevier
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