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The Impact of a Household Food Garden Intervention on Food Security in Lesotho
Food insecurity is a challenge in the developing world, where many are finding healthy food inaccessible due to poverty. A pre-test, post-test design was applied to determine the impact of a vegetable gardening intervention in 25 experimental and 25 control households in Lesotho. Information about s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7699686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33233656 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228625 |
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author | Walsh, Corinna May Fouché, Michelle Shannon Nel, Mariette Booysen, Frederik |
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description | Food insecurity is a challenge in the developing world, where many are finding healthy food inaccessible due to poverty. A pre-test, post-test design was applied to determine the impact of a vegetable gardening intervention in 25 experimental and 25 control households in Lesotho. Information about sociodemographic conditions and indicators of food security was collected by trained fieldworkers. As evidenced by the Living Poverty Index of 2.5, the sample was characterized by high levels of poverty. Although almost no households were scored very low or low using the Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) tool, less than half of households were categorized as food-secure. Household Dietary Diversity (HDD) showed infrequent intake of vegetables and fruits and regular intake of fats and sugar. After intervention, the percentage of households with a low HDD score improved significantly in the intervention group (12%) compared to the control group (40%) (95% CI (2.5%; 50.7%)). Despite this, the percentage of households that consumed vegetables during the previous day was still below 30%. Food gardens have the potential to improve availability of food and frequency of vegetable consumption, but harsh environmental conditions need to be considered. |
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spelling | pubmed-76996862020-11-29 The Impact of a Household Food Garden Intervention on Food Security in Lesotho Walsh, Corinna May Fouché, Michelle Shannon Nel, Mariette Booysen, Frederik Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Food insecurity is a challenge in the developing world, where many are finding healthy food inaccessible due to poverty. A pre-test, post-test design was applied to determine the impact of a vegetable gardening intervention in 25 experimental and 25 control households in Lesotho. Information about sociodemographic conditions and indicators of food security was collected by trained fieldworkers. As evidenced by the Living Poverty Index of 2.5, the sample was characterized by high levels of poverty. Although almost no households were scored very low or low using the Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) tool, less than half of households were categorized as food-secure. Household Dietary Diversity (HDD) showed infrequent intake of vegetables and fruits and regular intake of fats and sugar. After intervention, the percentage of households with a low HDD score improved significantly in the intervention group (12%) compared to the control group (40%) (95% CI (2.5%; 50.7%)). Despite this, the percentage of households that consumed vegetables during the previous day was still below 30%. Food gardens have the potential to improve availability of food and frequency of vegetable consumption, but harsh environmental conditions need to be considered. MDPI 2020-11-20 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7699686/ /pubmed/33233656 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228625 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Walsh, Corinna May Fouché, Michelle Shannon Nel, Mariette Booysen, Frederik The Impact of a Household Food Garden Intervention on Food Security in Lesotho |
title | The Impact of a Household Food Garden Intervention on Food Security in Lesotho |
title_full | The Impact of a Household Food Garden Intervention on Food Security in Lesotho |
title_fullStr | The Impact of a Household Food Garden Intervention on Food Security in Lesotho |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of a Household Food Garden Intervention on Food Security in Lesotho |
title_short | The Impact of a Household Food Garden Intervention on Food Security in Lesotho |
title_sort | impact of a household food garden intervention on food security in lesotho |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7699686/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33233656 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228625 |
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