Dietary diversity and fish consumption of mothers and their children in fisher households in Komodo District, eastern Indonesia

Abstract New aquaculture systems are emerging in new contexts around the world in part due to aquaculture’s perceived development benefits. However, linkages between aquaculture and food security in these systems are unclear. This study investigated the impact of emerging small-scale, business-oriented fish culture in central Bolivia on the food security and dietary diversity of aquaculture producers (n = 40) and workers (n = 26) in the value chain and compared them to local non-aquaculture farmers (n = 40). Three pathways were investigated: fish consumption, household income, and women’s participation. Food insecurity was widespread and did not vary in a statistically significant way between groups, but a trend toward greater food security amongst aquaculture producers was observed. Dietary diversity was highly homogenous, with the notable exception of high fish consumption amongst producers. Aquaculture was related to higher income, and income has a modest positive effect on food security for aquaculturists and non-aquaculture farmers, but not aquaculture value chain workers. Income did not have an effect on dietary diversity. Women’s involvement in aquaculture was correlated positively to productivity, profitability, and size of operation, while male-only aquaculture was negatively correlated to these. The value chain generated employment, especially for women, but average wages were higher for men. The research provides important insight into aquaculture-food security linkages by showing that the introduction of small-scale business-oriented aquaculture systems can provide nutritious products for regional consumption and can have positive effects on food security but is not sufficient to change local dietary preferences more broadly.

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Seafood consumption patterns among coastal people in Ambon Island, eastern Indonesia

Food Research ◽

10.26656/fr.2017.5(s3).005 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (S3) ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

P.S. Soselisa ◽

H.L. Soselisa ◽

C.R. Alfons

Keyword(s):

Fish Consumption ◽

Field Data ◽

Coastal Areas ◽

Consumption Patterns ◽

Household Surveys ◽

Seafood Consumption ◽

Daily Consumption ◽

Consumption Level ◽

Eastern Indonesia

Maluku province is the province with the highest level of fish consumption in Indonesia. It exceeds the level of national fish consumption. However, the fish consumption level in Maluku province by the district is uneven. The recent data showed that Ambon City ranks last in the level of fish consumption compared to ten other districts in the province. Whereas local inhabitants who mostly live along the island’s coastal areas often claim themselves as “fish-eaters” because of their dependence on seafood, especially fish for daily consumption. This paper illustrated the extent to which claim or identification as "fish-eaters" among the coastal people of Ambon Island can be maintained or proven. Using field data from two villages in the Ambon municipality, the pattern of seafood consumption and distribution were described through household surveys and interviews. The findings showed that the level of seafood consumption was still high for lunch and dinner, which are considered as “heavy meals” compared to breakfast. The source of obtaining seafood was mostly from the community’s catch or harvest

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A randomised controlled trial to test the effects of fish aggregating devices and SBC activities promoting fish consumption in Timor-Leste: A study protocol

10.1101/2021.08.10.21261568 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alexander Tilley ◽

Kendra A Byrd ◽

Lauren Pincus ◽

Katherine Klumpyan ◽

Katherine Dobson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Fish Consumption ◽

Dietary Diversity ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Small Island ◽

Under Five ◽

Timor Leste ◽

Randomised Controlled ◽

The Impact ◽

Fish Aggregating Devices

Timor-Leste is one of the world's most malnourished nations where micronutrient-deficient diets are a contributing factor to the prevalence of child stunting, currently estimated to be 45.6% of children under five. Fish are an important source of micronutrients and one that may assist the country's predominantly rural population of agriculturalists to exit poverty and malnutrition. However, a small national fishing fleet producing low catch volumes place fish out of reach of most inland and upland populations where it is needed most. Fish consumption is very low in rural areas compared to coastal, regional, and global averages. This trial is a one-year, cluster-randomized, partially masked, controlled trial among families living in rural, inland Timor-Leste. This trial aims to test and compare the effects of two treatments, alone and in combination, on the frequency and volume of household fish consumption in upland areas as a proxy for improved dietary diversity and micronutrient intake. Treatment 1 is the installation of nearshore, moored fish aggregating devices (FADs) to improve catch rates with existing fishing gears. Treatment 2 is social and behaviour change (SBC) activities to promote fish consumption. Villages in inland communities will be randomized to receive treatment 1, treatment 2, both treatments, or neither treatment. Some households with one child under five will be recruited, and data will be collected at baseline (prior to the rollout of the treatments) and endline. Our study will determine the impact of an improved supply of fish, along with nutrition-oriented SBC activities, on the fish purchasing and consumption practices of rural, inland households. Findings from this study are urgently needed by small island developing states in order to make policy and investment decisions on how best to improve households' diets using locally available, nutrient-dense foods such as fish. Investments such as these are needed to break the cycle of malnutrition.

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Neogene basin history and paleomagnetism of a rifted and inverted forearc region, on- and offshore Sumba, Eastern Indonesia

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences ◽

10.1016/s1367-9120(97)90107-3 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 61-88 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

A Fortuin

Keyword(s):

Eastern Indonesia ◽

Forearc Region

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QUO VADIS HUKUM ISLAM (ANTARA IDEALITAS DAN REALITAS INDONESIA)

JURNAL INDO-ISLAMIKA ◽

10.15408/idi.v8i2.17550 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 97-108

Author(s):

Dinda Izzati

Keyword(s):

Political Rights ◽

Right To Life ◽

Economic Rights ◽

Christian Communities ◽

Basic Assumptions ◽

Eastern Indonesia ◽

The Republic ◽

Quo Vadis ◽

The Right

Evidently, a few months after the Jakarta Charter was signed, Christian circles from Eastern Indonesia submitted an ultimatum, if the seven words in the Jakarta Charter were still included in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution, then the consequence was that they would not want to join the Republic of Indonesia. The main reason put forward by Pastor Octavian was that Indonesia was seen from its georaphical interests and structure, Western Indonesia was known as the base of Islamic camouflage, while eastern Indonesia was the basis for Christian communities. Oktavianus added that Christians as an integral part of this nation need to realize that they also have the right to life, religious rights, political rights, economic rights, the same rights to the nation and state as other citizens, who in fact are mostly Muslims. This paper aims to determine and understand the extent to which the basic assumptions of the Indonesian people view the role of Islam as presented in an exclusive format.

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Risk and Regulation: Methylmercury Exposure and Fish Consumption

Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Journal ◽

10.15695/vurj.v6i0.2880 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

Author(s):

Jonathan M Gendzier

Keyword(s):

Environmental Protection Agency ◽

Fish Consumption ◽

Government Regulation ◽

Mercury Emissions ◽

Methylmercury Exposure ◽

Exposure Levels ◽

Aquatic Food ◽

Reference Doses ◽

Fish And Shellfish ◽

Global Cycle

Exposure to organic mercury (methylmercury) occurs almost universally due to ingestion via contaminated fish and shellfish tissue. Ultimate sources of mercury consist of air release by domestic industrial combustion, mining, and international mercury emissions transported via a global cycle. Deposition of mercury from air to surface waters results in methylation to organic methylmercury and bioaccumulation in the aquatic food web. Health effects from methylmercury exposure consist mainly of neurological and neurodevelopmental effects, with fetuses particularly sensitive. Thus regulation of methylmercury exposure has concentrated on acceptable exposure levels and reference doses aimed toward protecting developing fetuses. The risk of methylmercury exposure in humans is regulated largely by the federal government, especially by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The EPA imposes limits on mercury emissions and seeks to research methylmercury levels in fish and humans. The EPA sets a reference dose for methylmercury exposure. The FDA conducts uses date on methylmercury levels in fish to advise consumers on how to make informed decisions regarding fish consumption. There are numerous shortcoming to government regulation of this issue. Further scientific research, improved implementation of available data and scientific conclusions, and improved public communication of risk would all lead to more effective treatment of the risk of methylmercury exposure via ingestion of fish and shellfish. This could include more effective monitoring systems of human and fish methylmercury levels, research into the process of bioaccumulation, and implementation of stricter fish labeling standards, as well as research into higher-risk subpopulations allowing for targeted standards and recommendations.

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