Characterisation of complementary feeding practice and locally available climate-resilient crops for complementary food among agro-pastoralists of Ethiopia: a qualitative study.

IF 2.4 Q3 NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Journal of Nutritional Science Pub Date : 2024-09-19 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1017/jns.2024.53
Derese Tamiru Desta, Tadesse Fikre Teferra, Samson Gebremedhin
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The current study aims to characterise the complementary feeding practice and identify locally available climate-resilient crops that can be used for complementary feeding among agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia. A phenomenological study in Benna-Tsemay district, comprising focused group discussions, key informant interviews, and household observations, was conducted. A pretested guide was used to capture information regarding types of complementary food, lists of food items, and ingredients included in their complementary formulation. A thematic analysis for emerging points of discussion was carried out. Three major themes, including infant and young child feeding practices, food items included in complementary food, and their consumption frequencies, as well as the incorporation of climate-resilient crops into complementary foods as coping mechanisms, emerged. Breastfeeding was common and regarded as essential. Gruel and porridge from grains, roots, and tubers were regular parts of complementary foods in the study area. Moringa and sorghum were dominantly identified as climate-resilient crops regularly grown and used in complementary foods. Growing these crops was regarded as a coping strategy for drought and seasonal constraints. The district is one of the most drought-prone areas in Ethiopia, compromising the quality of complementary food. Unlike the World Health Organization recommendation, the grains, roots, and tubers-based diet formed the basis of complementary food lacking flesh foods, eggs, pulses, and other fruits and vegetables. Thus, it is recommended to improve complementary food quality through value-addition using locally accessible crops.

埃塞俄比亚农牧民补充喂养做法和当地可获得的气候适应性作物的特点:一项定性研究。
本研究旨在了解埃塞俄比亚农牧民补充喂养做法的特点,并确定可用于补充喂养的当地气候适应性作物。本研究在本纳-茨迈地区开展了一项现象学研究,包括焦点小组讨论、关键信息提供者访谈和家庭观察。研究使用了一份经过预先测试的指南,以获取有关补充食品类型、食品清单及其补充配方中所含成分的信息。对新出现的讨论要点进行了专题分析。出现了三大主题,包括婴幼儿喂养方式、辅食中包含的食品及其消费频率,以及在辅食中加入气候抗御作物作为应对机制。母乳喂养很普遍,而且被认为是必不可少的。在研究地区,谷物、根茎和块茎粥是补充食品的常规组成部分。辣木和高粱被认为是经常种植并在补充食品中使用的耐气候作物。种植这些作物被视为应对干旱和季节限制的一种策略。该地区是埃塞俄比亚最干旱的地区之一,影响了补充食品的质量。与世界卫生组织的建议不同,以谷物、根茎和块茎为主的饮食构成了补充食品的基础,缺乏肉类食品、蛋类、豆类以及其他水果和蔬菜。因此,建议通过利用当地可获得的作物进行增值来提高补充食品的质量。
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Journal of Nutritional Science
Journal of Nutritional Science NUTRITION & DIETETICS-
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3.00
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发文量
91
审稿时长
7 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal of Nutritional Science is an international, peer-reviewed, online only, open access journal that welcomes high-quality research articles in all aspects of nutrition. The underlying aim of all work should be, as far as possible, to develop nutritional concepts. JNS encompasses the full spectrum of nutritional science including public health nutrition, epidemiology, dietary surveys, nutritional requirements, metabolic studies, body composition, energetics, appetite, obesity, ageing, endocrinology, immunology, neuroscience, microbiology, genetics, molecular and cellular biology and nutrigenomics. JNS welcomes Primary Research Papers, Brief Reports, Review Articles, Systematic Reviews, Workshop Reports, Letters to the Editor and Obituaries.
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