Factors that Influence Food Security in Nicaragua and the Role of Home Gardening in Reducing Food Insecurity and Improving Income

Onikia Nb, Mary Katherine Bt and Joseph Jm
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Onikia Nb: Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Hospitability Management, Auburn University, USA
Mary Katherine Bt: Department of Global Education, Auburn University, USA
Joseph Jm: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, USA

Nutrition & Food Science International Journal, 2018, vol. 6, issue 5, 120-130

Abstract: Food insecurity and malnutrition are widely recognized as global issues that require immediate attention using multifaceted approaches. In 2015, the Food and Agricultural Organization reported that in the last quarter of the century, undernourishment in the developing world reduced by more than half to an average of 12%. Despite several interventions, United Nations Children's Fund reports that some countries still have high rates of chronic malnutrition. Nicaragua, for example, had a chronic malnutrition rate of 22% in 2013. Home gardening is a system of crop and animal husbandry on small plots of land within the vicinity of human dwelling practiced majorly to improve household food security and income.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19081/NFSIJ.2018.06.555697

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