Abstract
Baudron, F., J.-Y. Duriaux Chavarría, R. Remans, K. Yang, and T. Sunderland. 2017. Indirect contributions of forests to dietary diversity in Southern Ethiopia. Ecology and Society 22(2):28. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09267-220228
Highlights
Since the Green Revolution, the global number of undernourished people—i.e., those not consuming sufficient calories—has declined (Gómez et al 2013)
We applied our study in a landscape mosaic in Southern Ethiopia that was divided into three zones of increasing distance to Munesa Forest—“near,” “intermediate,” and “distant.” A variety of research tools and methods, including remote sensing, participatory methods, farm survey, and yield assessment, were employed
This study demonstrates that—under certain circumstances— landscape approaches that consider the transfer of nutrients from forests to farmlands may be used as a basis for the design of nutrition-sensitive agriculture
Summary
Since the Green Revolution, the global number of undernourished people—i.e., those not consuming sufficient calories—has declined (Gómez et al 2013). An estimated two billion people are currently affected by micronutrient deficiencies (Muthayya et al 2013, IFPRI 2014). Micronutrient adequacy is strongly associated with dietary diversity (Foote et al 2004, Steyn et al 2006). The contribution of agriculture to the dietary diversity of rural people, through food production pathways (Jones et al 2014) and income pathways (Sibhatu et al 2015), is relatively well understood. Several recent case studies from around the world have found a positive association between proximity to forests and dietary diversity (Dounias and Froment 2006, Powell et al 2011, Johnson et al 2013, Ickowitz et al 2014). Using data from 21 African countries on children’s diets (from USAID’s Demographic Health Surveys) and tree cover (from MODIS data), Ickowitz et al (2014) found that children in Africa who lived in areas with more tree cover had more diverse and nutritious diets
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