Chapter Two. Food Security, Nutrition, and Health in Costa Rica's Indigenous Populations (3-2)

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Nutrition And Health

scholarly journals The Importance of Brassica Vegetables to the Kingdom of Eswatini: A Review

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
Michael T. Masarirambi ◽  
Kwanele A. Nxumalo ◽  
Daniel V. Dlamini ◽  
Lokadhia Manwa ◽  
Molyn Mpofu
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Human Nutrition ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Brassica Vegetables ◽  
Postharvest Handling

Brassica vegetables are diverse and widely consumed in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions of the world. Although exotic in Southern Africa brassicas are now relatively important vegetables produced and consumed in the region all year round. In their production, postharvest handling, storage and processing chain, employment is created and revenue is generated and thus their contribution to gross domestic product (GDP). Brassicas are not only important economically but by far their greatest contribution is to human nutrition and health. They contain vitamins and cancer preventing phytochemicals. They also contribute fibre which is important for proper digestion and is anticancer preventing material. Brassica vegetables provide interesting colour when incorporated in salads. They are components which add up to achieving food security in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Despite immense importance of brassica vegetables in the Kingdom, there is dearth of information pertaining to their agro-climatological requirements and their nutritional awareness among the citizens. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the agro-climatological needs of the brassica vegetables and to bring awareness of their health and food security contribution through documentation and community education.

Food Security, Nutrition and Health

Epidemiology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. S235
Author(s):  
Stuart Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Nutrition And Health

Green Investments and Food Security

2019 ◽  
pp. 1630-1659
Author(s):  
Corina Ene ◽  
Marian Cătălin Voica ◽  
Mirela Panait
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food System ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Ecosystem Stability ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Green Is ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Green Investments

Green investments are the perfect tool to generate complex self-regenerating systems in order to achieve a sustainable development. Even if the burden of transition from high polluting economy to a green economy is high, the cost should be split among all that have interest in achieving this goal. The switch to green is an international current that will ultimately force the change if it is not made willingly. All parties have an interest to promote change before the change gets them on the wrong foot. In this regard, the chapter aims to emphasizing the potential benefits of the transition to a green economy in terms of reducing poverty, enhancing food security, nutrition and health on a sustainable basis while promoting ecosystem stability. Thus, increased green investments throughout the food system are imperatively needed so that changing the way food is obtained could become a powerful force for sustainable development.

scholarly journals Applying Community-Based system Dynamics to Address Food Insecurity in Non-Remote Indigenous Populations in Australia

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 250-250
Author(s):  
Sumithra Muthayya ◽  
Andrew Brown ◽  
Simone Sherriff ◽  
Darryl Wright ◽  
Tangerene Ingram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Group Model ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Objectives There is a growing crisis of hunger and food inequality among Indigenous people in Australia who are increasingly urbanized. They experience substantially higher rates of food insecurity than the general population which impacts on diet-sensitive chronic disease risk and life expectancy. This project aimed to apply systems tools to identify systemic challenges to achieving food security and possible local actions to address the problem in two large Aboriginal communities. Methods A qualitative system dynamics method used group model building (GMB) in two regional and outer urban communities involving participants from Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, food relief charities, council, educational groups and some food industry partners in the two local areas. The GMB enabled the participants to consider all the connections between contributing factors, feedback and reinforcing loops to produce a map of food insecurity linked to the local food system. This project was done in collaboration with the Study of Environment of Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH), Australia's largest cohort study into the health of urban Aboriginal children. Results The GMB workshops resulted in causal loop diagrams that mapped the complexities of the food insecurity challenge. The maps highlighted the impact of low incomes and unemployment that influenced the communities’ ability to budget and afford healthy food, thereby leading to a reliance on convenience food outlets. This, in turn, influenced communities’ healthy food preferences, which negatively impacted on food security. Additionally, community education around healthy food choices, meal planning and financial literacy were factors that also directly impacted food security. A distinct loop reflected that a lack of coordination between agencies was leading to duplication and confusion about available food relief services and the ability to access these services. Conclusions These analyses elicited local understanding of the potential levers within the system to address food insecurity in Indigenous people. They are being used to develop community-level workplans to shift the high prevalence of food insecurity and its longer-term impact on preventable chronic disease. Funding Sources This work was funded by the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre and the Sax Institute, Sydney.

scholarly journals Estimating rodent losses to stored rice as a means to assess efficacy of rodent management

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R. Belmain ◽  
Nyo Me Htwe ◽  
Nazira Q. Kamal ◽  
Grant R. Singleton
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Rodent Control ◽  
Stored Grain ◽  
Loss Assessment ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Monitoring Method ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
The Impact

Context Post-harvest losses by rodents have traditionally been calculated by estimates of consumption determined in the laboratory. Methods for assessing storage losses by rodents under smallholder conditions will help farmers and policy makers understand the impact rodents may have on food security, nutrition and health. Stored product loss assessment methods could also be used to monitor the effects of rodent control in villages. Aims The present study examined a method to measure the amount of rice eaten by rodents in household granaries. The effects of trapping and better hygiene around granaries to reduce rodent populations were investigated using the post-harvest monitoring method to determine whether the program was successful in lowering rodent numbers sufficiently to reduce post-harvest losses. Methods Baskets with known quantities of rice were placed within household granaries and monitored periodically for moisture content, weight loss, faecal contamination and percentage of rodent-damaged grains. Using an empirical treatment–control study, rodent management was performed at the community level through daily trapping in two Bangladesh villages and in Myanmar at the granary storehouse level. Post-harvest losses were monitored in granaries in villages with rodent management and in similar granaries in villages where there was no management. Key results Estimates of household losses in the absence of rodent control were 2.5% in Bangladesh and 17% in Myanmar. These losses were reduced when rodent control was implemented, down to 0.5% in Bangladesh and 5% in Myanmar. Conclusions The impact of rodents on smallholder storage can be accurately assessed in the field under realistic conditions. Intensive daily trapping at the community level together with improved hygiene practices can successfully reduce rodent numbers, and this can significantly reduce stored grain losses and rodent contamination and damage levels. Implications In addition to the threat of rodent pests during crop production, rodents are a major threat to food security after harvest and have, as of yet, unquantified impacts on household nutrition and health through potential transmission of gastroenteric diseases and zoonoses to householders and domestic livestock. Trapping and environmental management are affordable and effective tools to reduce rodent impacts on stored grain within communities and are viable alternatives to rodenticides.

scholarly journals Crops that feed the world 11. Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.): an important source of food security, nutrition and health in the arid and semi-arid tropics

Food Security ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K . Jukanti ◽  
C. L. Laxmipathi Gowda ◽  
K. N. Rai ◽  
V. K. Manga ◽  
R. K. Bhatt
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Pearl Millet ◽  
Pennisetum Glaucum ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Semi Arid

scholarly journals Diet quality among Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth in Canada in 2004 and 2015: a repeated cross-sectional design

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Natalie D. Riediger ◽  
Jeff LaPlante ◽  
Adriana Mudryj ◽  
Luc Clair
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Indigenous Children ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Abstract Objective: The objectives were to describe changes in diet quality between off-reserve Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth from 2004 to 2015, and examine the association between food security and diet quality. Design: We utilized a repeated cross-sectional design using both the 2004 and 2015 nutrition-focused Canadian Community Health Surveys, including 24-hour dietary recall. Diet quality was estimated according to the Health Eating Index (HEI). Setting: The surveys were conducted off-reserve in Canada’s 10 provinces. Participants: Our analysis included children and youth 2-17 years old (n=18,189). Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants were matched and using a General Linear Model, we tested time period and (non-)Indigenous identifiers, including their interaction effect, as predictors of HEI. Results: Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth had significantly higher HEI scores in 2015 as compared to 2004. There was not a significant (non-)Indigenous and time period interaction effect, indicating the improvements in diet quality in 2015 were similar between both Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Improvements in diet quality are largely attributed to reductions in percent energy from “other” foods, though a disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and youth persisted in 2015. Overall, food security was lower among the Indigenous population and positively, and independently, associated with diet quality overall, though this relationship differed between boys and girls. Conclusions: School policies may have contributed to similar improvements in diet quality among Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. However, an in-depth sex and gender-based analysis of the relationship between food security and diet quality is required.

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