Construction and Interpretation of Production and Market Metrics Used to Understand Relationships with Dietary Diversity of Rural Smallholder Farming Households

Eric O. Verger, Cédric Gaillard, Andrew D. Jones, Roseline Remans and Gina Kennedy
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Eric O. Verger: MoISA, University Montpellier, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France
Cédric Gaillard: MoISA, University Montpellier, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France
Andrew D. Jones: School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Roseline Remans: Bioversity International, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Gina Kennedy: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-21

Abstract: Indicators of agricultural production diversity and market access and/or participation have often been used to try to understand how agricultural production and markets influence dietary diversity of rural smallholder households. Based on a standardized search strategy, 37 studies investigating the association between an indicator of agricultural production diversity and any indicator of dietary diversity were reviewed. The characteristics of the indicators of agricultural production diversity, as well as indicators of market access and/or participation, were assessed. This review demonstrated the wide range of indicators; four types and 14 subtypes of indicators of agricultural production diversity were found in the 37 studies, and three types and 14 subtypes of indicators of market access and/or participation were found in 25 studies. While diversity of measurement ideas allows flexibility, it precludes comparability with other studies and might make it difficult to build a robust body of evidence of the impact of agriculture at farm household level on food security, diet, and nutrition.

Keywords: nutrition-sensitive agriculture; dietary diversity; production diversity; market access and participation; standardized indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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