Dietary inadequacy in Tanzania is linked to the rising cost of nutritious foods and consumption of food-away-from-home

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFishen
cg.contributor.affiliationMichigan State Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationLICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performanceen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeAsian Mega-Deltas
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierBen Belton: 0000-0002-6474-6472
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100679en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategies
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2211-9124en
cg.journalGlobal Food Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.volume37en
dc.contributor.authorIgnowski, Lizen
dc.contributor.authorBelton, Benen
dc.contributor.authorTran, Nhuongen
dc.contributor.authorAmeye, Hannahen
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-21T08:26:48Zen
dc.date.available2023-03-21T08:26:48Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129692
dc.titleDietary inadequacy in Tanzania is linked to the rising cost of nutritious foods and consumption of food-away-from-homeen
dcterms.abstractThis study contributes to the growing literature on dietary quality and accessibility in the Global South. We analyze the nutrition implications of changing dietary patterns between 2008 and 2019 in one of Africa's largest and fastest growing economies, Tanzania, and compare patterns at national and sub-national scales. We find that: (1) Rising incomes have not been associated with marked increases in the diversity of food consumed at home; (2) Consumption of food away from home has increased dramatically; (3) Most food consumed in Tanzanian homes is purchased instead of self-produced; (4) There have not been clear improvements in the adequacy of micronutrient consumption obtained from food eaten at home; (5) The most affordable sources of key micronutrients, including nutrient dense foods such as dried fish, have become more expensive. Our findings indicate that in Tanzania the amount and diversity of nutritious foods eaten at home have not improved with rising incomes, but consumption of energy-dense processed foods eaten away from home has increased rapidly, likely reflecting differences in convenience and relative prices. To improve Tanzanian diets in coming years, coordinated nutrition-sensitive policy actions will be required on both the supply- and demand-sides.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationIgnowski, Liz; Belton, Ben; Tran, Nhuong; and Ameye, Hannah. 2023. Dietary inadequacy in Tanzania is linked to the rising cost of nutritious foods and consumption of food-away-from-home. Global Food Security 37(June 2023): 100679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2023.100679en
dcterms.extent100679en
dcterms.issued2023-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/8603en
dcterms.subjectdiet qualityen
dcterms.subjectfood affordabilityen
dcterms.subjectfood consumptionen
dcterms.subjectfood pricesen
dcterms.subjectdietary diversityen
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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