Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropicsen
cg.contributor.affiliationSokoine University of Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationTanzania Agricultural Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationDistrict Agriculture and Irrigation Department, Tanzaniaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierMateete Bekunda: 0000-0001-7297-9383
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2019.1691000en
cg.identifier.iitathemeNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0367-0244en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalEcology of Food and Nutritionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaAFLATOXINen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaNUTRITIONen
cg.volume59en
dc.contributor.authorAnitha, S.en
dc.contributor.authorMuzanila, Y.en
dc.contributor.authorTsusaka, T.W.en
dc.contributor.authorKachulu, L.en
dc.contributor.authorKumwenda, N.en
dc.contributor.authorMusoke, M.en
dc.contributor.authorSwai, E.en
dc.contributor.authorShija, J.en
dc.contributor.authorSiambi, M.en
dc.contributor.authorMonyo, E.S.en
dc.contributor.authorBekunda, Mateete A.en
dc.contributor.authorOkori, Patricken
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-22T15:28:55Zen
dc.date.available2020-01-22T15:28:55Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/106683
dc.titleReducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractThe study aimed to quantify the immediate effects of dietary diversification, food safety, and hygiene interventions on child undernutrition in four rural villages in Kongwa district of central Tanzania. One hundred mothers with their children of less than 24 months old were recruited for this study. The difference-in-difference (DID) method was used to assess the effects of intensive intervention through a learning-by-doing process on the topic of aflatoxin free diversified food utilization and improved hygiene practices. Periodic anthropometric measurements were conducted on the 0th, 7th, 14th, and 21st days, and DID estimator showed the significant and positive average marginal effects of the intervention on Z-Scores being 0.459, 0.252, and 0.493 for wasting, stunting, and underweight, respectively. Notably, at the end of the study, the mean aflatoxin M1 level in urine samples decreased by 64% in the intervention group, while it decreased by 11% in the control group. The study provides quantitative evidence on intensive 21-day training for mothers incorporating integrated technologies yielded positive impacts on their children’s nutritional outcomes.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2019-11-28
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAnitha, S., Muzanila, Y., Tsusaka, T.W., Kachulu, L., Kumwenda, N., Musoke, M., ... & Okori, P. (2019). Reducing child undernutrition through dietary diversification, reduced aflatoxin exposure, and improved hygiene practices: the immediate impacts in central Tanzania. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 1-20.en
dcterms.extentp. 243-262en
dcterms.issued2020-05-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectmalnutritionen
dcterms.subjectfoodsen
dcterms.subjectaflatoxinsen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjectecologyen
dcterms.subjectfood scienceen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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