Does Crop Diversity Influence Household Food Security and Women's Individual Dietary Diversity? A Cross-Sectional Study of Malawian Farmers in a Participatory Agroecology and Nutrition Project.
Ibukun OwoputiNola BoothIsaac LuginaahHanson Nyantakyi-FrimpongLizzie ShumbaLaifolo DakishoniEsther LupafyaCatherine HickeyRachel Bezner KerrPublished in: Food and nutrition bulletin (2022)
These findings suggest that within a participatory agroecological training combined with community-based nutrition education with a focus on social equity, crop diversity is associated with less household food insecurity and poorer diet quality for rural farming households. Crop diversity may improve dietary diversity by making nutritious foods more available.