scholarly journals Seasonal variation in maternal dietary diversity is reduced by small‐scale irrigation practices: A longitudinal study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaleab Baye ◽  
Dawit Mekonnen ◽  
Jowel Choufani ◽  
Seid Yimam ◽  
Elizabeth Bryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Scale Irrigation ◽  
Irrigation Practices

scholarly journals Evaluating the pathways from small-scale irrigation to dietary diversity: evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania

Food Security ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 981-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Passarelli ◽  
Dawit Mekonnen ◽  
Elizabeth Bryan ◽  
Claudia Ringler
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Scale Irrigation

scholarly journals Impact of Adopting Improved Seeds on Access to Broader Food Groups Among Small-Scale Sorghum Producers in Tanzania

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402097999
Author(s):  
Aloyce R. Kaliba ◽  
Anne G. Gongwe ◽  
Kizito Mazvimavi ◽  
Ashagre Yigletu
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Inverse Probability Weighting ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Probability Weighting ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Inverse Probability ◽  
Double Robust

In this study, we use double-robust estimators (i.e., inverse probability weighting and inverse probability weighting with regression adjustment) to quantify the effect of adopting climate-adaptive improved sorghum varieties on household and women dietary diversity scores in Tanzania. The two indicators, respectively, measure access to broader food groups and micronutrient and macronutrient availability among children and women of reproductive age. The selection of sample households was through a multistage sampling technique, and the population was all households in the sorghum-producing regions of Central, Northern, and Northwestern Tanzania. Before data collection, enumerators took part in a 1-week training workshop and later collected data from 822 respondents using a structured questionnaire. The main results from the study show that the adoption of improved sorghum seeds has a positive effect on both household and women dietary diversity scores. Access to quality food groups improves nutritional status, food security adequacy, and general welfare of small-scale farmers in developing countries. Agricultural projects that enhance access to improved seeds are, therefore, likely to generate a positive and sustainable effect on food security and poverty alleviation in sorghum-producing regions of Tanzania.

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