Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 1.2 Nutrition status of children from households involved in
the intervention
year is a short time for the project's activities to influence the children's
nutrition status. Although adequate availability of food at the household level
is necessary in order to achieve nutrition security, it is not su
cient. Other
key contributors to good nutrition are adequate health, childcare, access to
clean water and sanitation (FSAU, 2003).
R
ELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
V
ARIABLES
Between crop diversity and dietary diversity
A positive and significant relationship was found to exist between crop
diversity and dietary diversity (r
¼
0
:
123 and P
¼
0
:
03), which shows that
dietary diversity enhanced household nutrition and food security. Therefore,
there is a need to promote production of a diversity of crops because it
diversifies the households' diets, thereby enhancing household food security.
Positive relationships existed between the levels of nutrition knowledge
and intakes of calories, proteins, vitamin A and iron, as shown in Table 1.3.
This may have been due to availability of vegetables.
Improvement in the household food security
after intervention
There was a significant difference in iron intake before and after intervention
t
¼
2
:
715 and P
¼
0
:
009 (Table 1.4). This could be attributed to increased
consumption of animal proteins and dark green leafy vegetables.
