1. Seasonal variability of women’s dietary diversity and food supply: a cohort study in rural Burkina Faso
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Emmanuelle Bouquet, Yves Martin-Prével, Mathilde Savy, Christophe Kouamé Koffi, Denis Gautier, Sandrine Dury, Dang Bahya-Batinda, Alissia Lourme-Ruiz, Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) (UMR MoISA), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Forêts et Sociétés (UPR Forêts et Sociétés), University of Man, 'Thought for Food' InitiativeFondazione Cariplo, and ANR-10-LABX-0001,AGRO,Agricultural Sciences for sustainable Development(2010)
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Rural Population ,business.product_category ,030309 nutrition & dietetics ,Dietary diversity ,Foraging ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Food supply ,Biology ,Cohort Studies ,Toxicology ,Plough ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Burkina Faso ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,2. Zero hunger ,0303 health sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Seasonality ,medicine.disease ,WomenFarm households ,Diet ,Agriculture ,Cohort ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,Female ,Seasons ,business ,[SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition ,Cohort study - Abstract
Objective:To investigate the seasonal variations of women’s dietary diversity (WDD) (items consumed and food supply) and its linkages with agriculture, market and wild resources.Design:A cohort of 300 women was followed-up over a year to investigate WDD and food sources (production, purchase or foraging). Monthly qualitative 24 h recalls allowed computing WDD Scores from a standard 10-food groups (FG) classification (WDDS-10). Associations between farm/women’s characteristics and WDDS-10 were investigated using multivariate mixed models including interaction terms factor*months.Setting:Tuy province, Burkina Faso.Participants:300 women of reproductive age.Results:Both dietary diversity and food sources were seasonal. The mean WDDS-10 was relatively stable from August to January (ranging from 3·1 to 3·5 FG) when farm production predominated. The WDDS-10 gradually increased from February, concomitantly with an increase in food purchases (onions, tomatoes, mangoes) and reached its highest levels (>4 FG) from March to June, when food purchases were still relatively high and when more women consumed foraged fruits (shea plums and wild grapes). Women living on farms owning > 3 plough oxen and different animal species had significantly higher WDDS-10 than others (+0·28 and +0·35 FG, respectively). Women who practiced off-farm activities also had higher WDDS-10 than those who did not (+0·21 FG, P < 0·05). Other factors, for example, the number of foraged edible species, provided advantages in terms of dietary diversity only during certain seasons (October – January, P for interaction < 0·01).Conclusions:Diversifying women’s diets throughout the year requires complementary interventions aimed at diversifying production, promoting foraging and increasing income-generating activities to enable food purchasing.
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- 2021
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