Impact of Interventions by Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA) on Food and Nutrition Security of Farmer Households
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Date
2013
Authors
Macharia, Ibrahim
Lange, M.D.
Nakhauka, E.B.
Garming, H.
Ouma, E.
Birachi, E.
Asten, P.V.
Lauwe, B.V.
Blomme, G.
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Abstract
Impact of adopting products promoted by the
Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based livelihoods in Central
Africa (CIALCA) on food and nutrition security was tested. Multi-
stage sampling was used to select 7 project mandate areas, 5
villages/mandate area (stratified into action, satellite and control
sites) and 913 households. Structured questionnaires were
administered; analysis of impact based on comparison between
stratums, differences in means tested by ANOVA and significance of
difference obtained by Tukey's HSD multiple rank tests. Perception
of adequate food sufficiency received a higher rating in action and
satellite sites compared to control sites reason being improved
agricultural technologies. For >60% of households, worsened food
security was due to climatic conditions. Although a higher proportion
of households in action and satellite was meeting calorie RDIs in
DRC and Burundi the difference was insignificant from control sites.
53% of respondents in control sites indicated a decrease in intake of
protein rich foods, this was significantly higher than the proportion in
the action (46%) and satellite (41%) sites.
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Food security,, Farmer-households,, Nutrition security.
Citation
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Agricultural, Biosystems Science and Engineering Vol:7 No:10, 2013