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Assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron-fortified beans by Zambian smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District
Thesis (MNutr)--Stellenbosch University, 2023.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/129378 Assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron-fortified beans by Zambian smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District Syafunko, Mainza Beukes, Ronel Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dept. of Global Health. Human Nutrition. Biofortification; Micronutrient deficiencies; Mbereshi bean; Iron-enriched; Smallholder farmers Beans -- Zambia Food -- Fortification -- Zambia Iron deficiency anemia -- Prevention -- Zambia Food consumption -- Zambia UCTD Thesis (MNutr)--Stellenbosch University, 2023. ENGLISH SUMMARY: Introduction: Biofortificayion has been used to improve the micronutrient content of crops consumed by rural-poor households. The Copenhagen Consensus identified biofortification as a key intervention to reduce micronutrient deficiencies in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Zambia has adopted this strategy by biofortifying staple food crops to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies such as vitamin A, iron and zinc, especially among poor households in rural areas. Mbereshi beans is a biofortified bean variety that was released in 2012 to aid in addressing iron and zinc micronutrient deficiencies in Zambia. Primary to the positive nutritional gains that may arise from the release of the Mbereshi bean variety is an increase in production and consumption of the bean variety. The aim of the study was to establish whether the release of the Mbereshi bean variety has affected the production and consumption paterns of the iron-enriched variety by the smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District. A cross-sectional descriptive study design with an analytical component was adopted for this research. A total of 250 smallholder farmers and three bean input suppliers were sampled for the study. Data were collected by means of structured questionnaires and a food frequency table. Microsoft Excel and SPSS software were used for data analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the characteristics of the respondents. The t-test for independent samples was used to assess the mean differences between the quantity of Mbereshi beans produced and kept for consumption and the quantity of other bean varieties kept for consumption. Furthermore, logistic regression was applied to identify factors affecting the consumption of Mbereshi beans, and all the tests were evaluated at the 5% level of significance. The study found that despite the variety having been released more than a decade ago, the production and consumption levels of Mbereshi beans are still low. There is thus need for development and implementation of policies that will stimulate the production and consumption of this iron-enhanced beans variety. Given the number of stakeholders involved in the value chain, a value-chain approach should be adopted in implementing nutrition strategies along the agricultural production pathway. Targeted communication strategies need to be incorporated in promoting the adoption of consumption and production of biofortified beans. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Inleiding: Die Copenhagen-konsensus het biofortifikasie geidentifiseer as 'n sleutelintervensie om mikronutrienttekorte in lae- en mediuminkomstelande (LMIL) te verminder. Biofortifikasie word gevolglik toegepas om die mikronutrientinhoud van gewasse wat deur landelike arm huishoudings verbruik word, te verbeter en mikronutrienttekorte te verminder. Zambie het hierdie strategie aangeneem deur stapelvoedselgewasse te bioversterk om mikronutrienttekorte soos vitamien A, yster en sink veral onder die arm huishoudings in landelike gebiede te verlig. Mbereshi-bone is 'n biogefortifiseerde boonvarieteit wat in 2012 vrygestel is om te help om yster- en sink-mikronutrienttekorte in Zambie aan te spreek. Primer tot die positiewe voedingsvoordele wat uit die vrystelling van die Mbereshi-boonvarieteit mag ontstaan, is 'n toename in die produksie en verbruik van die boontjievarieteit. Doel van die Studie: Die doel van die studie was om vas te stel of die vrystelling van Mbereshi-boonvarieteit die produksie- en verbruikspatrone van die ysterverrykte varieteit deur die kleinboere in die Senga Hill-distrik beinvloed het. Navorsingsmetodologie: 'n Deursneestudie-ontwerp met 'n analitiese komponent is vir hierdie navorsing gebruik. Die steekproef het uit altesaam 250 kleinboere en drie boon-insetverskaffers bestaan. Data is met behulp van ʼn gestruktureerde vraelys en 'n voedselfrekwensietabel ingesamel. Microsoft Excel- en SPSS-sagteware is vir dataontleding gebruik. Beskrywende statistiek is gebruik om die eienskappe van die respondente te beskryf. Die T-toets vir onafhanklike steekproewe is gebruik om die gemiddelde verskille tussen die hoeveelheid Mbereshi-bone wat vir verbruik gehou word en die hoeveelheid ander boonvarieteite wat vir verbruik gehou word, te bepaal. Verder is meervoudige lineere regressie toegepas om faktore wat met Mbereshi-boonproduksie geassosieer word, te bepaal. Laastens is logistiese regressie toegepas om faktore te identifiseer wat die verbruik van Mbereshi-bone beinvloed, en al die toetse is op die 5%-vlak van belangrikheid geevalueer. Resultate: Vyf-en-tagtig persent van die respondente was bewus van die Mbereshi boontjiesaadvarieteit. Van die 208 respondente wat van die Mbereshi-boonvarieteit bewus was, het 61% (n = 148) voorheen Mbereshi-bone geplant, en 28% (n = 59) het die boon-varieteit gedurende die tersaaklike landbouseisoen (2022/2023) geplant. Hoe opbrengste, beskikbaarheid van markte en toegang tot saad was van die hooffaktore wat Mbereshi-boonproduksie beinvloed het. Om aan die huishoudelike voedselverbruikbehoeftes te voldoen, was die belangrikste oorweging deur die meeste huishoudings wanneer hulle oor die verbruik van die bone moes besluit. Gevolgtrekking: Na 'n dekade sedert die vrystelling van die biogefortifiseerde boonvarieteit is die produksie- en verbruiksvlakke van Mbereshi-bone steeds laag. Gegewe die aantal belanghebbendes wat in die waardeketting betrokke is, moet 'n waardekettingbenadering in die implementering van voedingstrategiee langs die weg van landbouproduksie gevolg word. Geteikende kommunikasiestrategiee moet by die bevordering van die aanvaarding van verbruik en produksie van bioversterkte gewasse geinkorporeer word. Masters 2023-11-22T07:31:46Z 2024-02-20T09:26:56Z 2023-11-22T07:31:46Z 2024-02-20T09:26:56Z 2023-11-22 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/129378 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 93 pages : illustrations, maps, includes annexures application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Biofortification; Micronutrient deficiencies; Mbereshi bean; Iron-enriched; Smallholder farmers Beans -- Zambia Food -- Fortification -- Zambia Iron deficiency anemia -- Prevention -- Zambia Food consumption -- Zambia UCTD Syafunko, Mainza Assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron-fortified beans by Zambian smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District |
| title | Assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron-fortified beans by Zambian smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District |
| title_full | Assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron-fortified beans by Zambian smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron-fortified beans by Zambian smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron-fortified beans by Zambian smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District |
| title_short | Assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron-fortified beans by Zambian smallholder farmers in Senga Hill District |
| title_sort | assessment of the production and consumption patterns of iron fortified beans by zambian smallholder farmers in senga hill district |
| topic | Biofortification; Micronutrient deficiencies; Mbereshi bean; Iron-enriched; Smallholder farmers Beans -- Zambia Food -- Fortification -- Zambia Iron deficiency anemia -- Prevention -- Zambia Food consumption -- Zambia UCTD |
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