PASHFARM Project Research Review Workshop- 9-11 Dec 2024

Contribution List (All Papers being presented)

51. Consumer Preferences for Biofortified Iron Beans: Results from a Willingness to Pay and Choice Experiment in Kenya

Gender Papers : Mid-Review

Consumer Preferences for Biofortified Iron Beans: Results from a Willingness to Pay and Choice Experiment in Kenya (CCS)

Micronutrient deficiencies are a major global health problem affecting an estimated two billion people. Iron deficiency is a public health issue in many developing countries including Kenya, particularly among women, children, and other vulnerable populations. Integrating Biofortified iron beans (BIBS) into the diets could bridge public health burden in the population. Despite the release and...

45. Fruits and Vegetables Consumer Access and Consumption Behaviour in Kenya: The role of Retail Markets

Economics Papers : Mid-Review

Fruits and Vegetables Consumer Access and Consumption Behaviour in Kenya: The role of Retail Markets (CCS)

Abstract
Background: Food systems in developing countries are currently undergoing rapid transformation towards provision of sustainable healthy diets due to the rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Adequate consumption of F&Vs is associated with a lower risk of NCDs. Retail markets play a crucial role in promoting access to and consumption of fresh F&Vs, however, the...

54. Gender and effects of seafood and fruit enterprise performance on household access to food in Nigeria

Gender Papers : Mid-Review

Gender dynamics and effects of seafood and fruit enterprise performance on household access to food in Nigeria (FR-G)

Abstract

This study examine gender dynamics within seafood and fruit SMEs and their influence on household food security and dietary diversity. To achieve the study objectives, we employed a mixed-methods research design utilizing the Havard framework in collecting the data. We conducted focus group discussions and analyzed quantitative data from a field survey of 720 gender disaggregated...

46. Gendered Patterns in Nutritious Food Consumption: Household Dynamics, Food Affordability, and Adaptive Strategies

Economics Papers : Mid-Review

Gendered Patterns in Nutritious Food Consumption: Household Dynamics, Food Affordability, and Adaptive Strategies (FR)

This study explores gendered patterns in nutritious food consumption, with a particular focus on household dynamics, food affordability, and adaptive strategies in Tanzania. Motivated by the persistent gender disparities in access to nutritious food, the research examines how decision-making, budgeting, and perceptions of food prices differ between male- and female-headed households. Data were...

47. Intrahousehold Power Dynamics and the Willingness to Pay for Fortified Maize Flour and Biofortified Beans in Rwanda

Economics Papers : Mid-Review

Abstract
This study investigates how intrahousehold power dynamics affect spouses’ willingness to allocate resources and purchase relatively expensive fortified maize flour and biofortified beans in informal settlements in Rwanda. It also assesses how increased intrahousehold power dynamics in relation to income influence mothers’ and fathers’ willingness to purchase the (bio)fortified...

38. Performance and Economic Effects of Education and Health Sectors in Senegal

Economics Papers : Final Review

Education and health status have been used as a common measure for human capital development. They are significant components of human capital since they have direct and indirect effects on productivity and economic growth. This study examines the performance and potential economic effects of the education and health sectors in Senegal. Specifically, it aims to achieve four objectives: (i)...

53. Practices of Vendors in Provision of Safe and Quality Food for slum Residents in Nairobi, Kenya: A Gendered Exploration

Gender Papers : Mid-Review

Draft second Paper

48. Smallholder Livestock Commercialization is Associated with Dietary Diversity and Adherence to Food Based Dietary Guidelines in Zambia

Gender Papers : Mid-Review

Smallholder Livestock Commercialization is Associated with Dietary Diversity and Adherence to Food Based Dietary Guidelines in Zambia (CCS)

Livestock represents rural wealth and economic prosperity, and their commercialization could have immense welfare, economic, nutritional, and socio-environmental benefits but little work considers these important dimensions. We investigate the relationship between livestock commercialization and dietary diversity by examining adherence to food based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) in Zambia....

40. Smallholder output market participation, market food environment and food purchase diversity in rural Uganda

Economics Papers : Final Review

Smallholder crop commercialisation and household nutrition: Panel data evidence from refugee host communities in Uganda (FR)

Abstract:
Although rural populations in SSA are acquiring an increasing part of their food from markets, the role that the market food environment plays in the linkage between agriculture and nutrition is understudied. Understanding how the rural market food environment can be made to work to deliver nutrient-rich food is important to tackling undernourishment in SSA. Without accounting for...

50. Women participation in urban street vending: a balancing act between productive and reproductive roles in Harare, Zimbabwe

Women participation in urban street vending: A balancing act between productive and reproductive roles in Harare, Zimbabwe (FR-G)

In the past three decades, street vending has become a prominent feature of developing economies. However, this activity remains largely on the fringes of national economic development and therefore poorly understood. The main objective of this paper was to determine the diversity of goods and services sold by street vendors in Harare and its environs in Zimbabwe. The research also delved into...