Nutritional implications of dietary patterns in Mali

IF 0.4 Q4 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics-AFJARE Pub Date : 2020-04-17 DOI:10.22004/AG.ECON.303679

M. Smale, V. Thériault, Amidou Assima, Yénizié Koné

引用次数: 7

Abstract

Mali’s population is experiencing lifestyle and dietary changes that are driven in part by urbanisation and income growth. Utilising two large-scale datasets, we bring new empirical evidence regarding whether Malians are shifting toward highly processed foods, meals purchased away from home, and sugary foods. We find that on-farm production represents only 25% of the food consumed by rural households during the hungry season, and 36% after harvest. Processed food shares are greater in urban (60%) than in rural areas (48%), and considerably higher overall than those reported for Eastern and Southern Africa, but with a lower portion of highly processed foods and negligible shares of meals consumed outside the home. Average household dietary diversity scores are higher in urban than in rural areas. Women’s and household diet diversity varies by season in both locations. About half of farm women interviewed did not meet minimum adequate dietary diversity during the lean season.

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马里饮食模式的营养意义

在城市化和收入增长的推动下，马里的人口正在经历生活方式和饮食习惯的改变。利用两个大规模数据集，我们提供了新的经验证据，证明马里人是否正在转向高度加工食品、离家购买的食品和含糖食品。我们发现，在饥饿季节，农场生产仅占农村家庭消费食物的25%，收获后为36%。城市地区的加工食品比例(60%)高于农村地区(48%)，总体上比东部和南部非洲报告的比例高得多，但高度加工食品的比例较低，在家庭以外消费的膳食比例可以忽略不计。城市家庭平均饮食多样性得分高于农村地区。在这两个地区，妇女和家庭的饮食多样性因季节而异。约有一半接受采访的农场妇女在淡季没有达到最低限度的适当饮食多样性。

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African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics-AFJARE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY-

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1.20

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16.70%

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期刊介绍： The African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)/Journal Africain d’Economie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR) is a publication of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE). The journal publishes original research about how African agriculture interacts with local and global economic systems and policy regimes in its impacts upon people. The scope of the journal covers the roles of markets, technology, policy, institutions and the natural environment in shaping the lives of well being of Africans engaged in agricultural activities. The journal strives to nurture and enhance the capacity of African professionals to conduct and publish scientific research and provides a venue for communicating and disseminating their findings. Multi-disciplinary, problem-oriented articles are encouraged. Submissions may deal with teaching, research extension, consulting, advising, entrepreneurship and administration. The Chief Editors and Editorial Board, under the general direction of the AAAE President, Executive Committee and Council are charged with implementing Journal policy to serve members of AAAE. The main section of the journal publishes technical research articles while a small section is devoted to publishing brief notes with important policy content and book reviews. The journal is a quarterly publication.