Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen
cg.creator.identifierGaia Lochetti: 0000-0001-7695-7667en
cg.creator.identifierGennifer Meldrum: 0000-0003-2280-3333en
cg.creator.identifierGina Kennedy: 0000-0002-5232-2250en
cg.creator.identifierCéline Termote: 0000-0003-3217-0226en
cg.isbn978-92-9255-184-1en
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCONSERVATION AND USEen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatNUTRITIONen
dc.contributor.authorLochetti, Gaiaen
dc.contributor.authorMeldrum, Genniferen
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Ginaen
dc.contributor.authorTermote, Célineen
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-31T06:25:42Zen
dc.date.available2020-07-31T06:25:42Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108914
dc.titleSeasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guideen
dcterms.abstractThis guide presents a participatory approach to map seasonal food availability in a locality. Seasonality is one of the key factors in determining food availability, especially of perishable foods like fruits and vegetables. Information on seasonal food availability can be used as an entry point to understand local dynamics related to food and nutrition security and to design and develop projects and activities that, through a food systems approach, ultimately aim at the empowerment of local communities to manage and use local agrobiodiversity for improved nutrition and health. This guidebook provides advice on how to prepare for and implement data collection on seasonal food availability. It also provides guidance on how to use the data collected to develop food availability calendars and nutrition education materials to teach consumers about seasonally-available, nutrient-dense local foods. The approach, involving data collection in focus groups, enables a rapid assessment of diversity and seasonality in a locality that can capture food from multiple sources such as local cultivation, wild sourcing, and markets. The data collected correspond to perceived seasonal availability, which can be verified by direct observation depending on project needs. This guidebook targets non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research organizations and development agencies, while the methodology described can be adopted by anyone interested in mapping seasonal food availability.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLochetti, G.; Meldrum, G.; Kennedy, G.; Termote, C. (2020) Seasonal food availability calendar for improved diet quality and nutrition: Methodology guide. Rome (Italy): Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT 52 p. ISBN: 978-92-9255-184-1en
dcterms.extent52 p.en
dcterms.issued2020-07en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherAlliance of Bioversity International and CIATen
dcterms.subjectfood supplyen
dcterms.subjectseasonalityen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectnutrition educationen
dcterms.subjectdata collectionen
dcterms.subjectguidelinesen
dcterms.subjectestacionalidaden
dcterms.subjectsuministro de alimentosen
dcterms.subjectnutriciónen
dcterms.typeManualen

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