Recommended Daily Allowance-Based Contribution of Household’s Own Agricultural Production to Food and Nutrition Security in Karamoja Sub-region of Uganda.

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dc.contributor.authorMuggaga, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorMugonola, Basil
dc.contributor.authorOkello‑Uma, Ipolto
dc.contributor.authorNatigo, Archileo Kaaya
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, David
dc.contributor.authorOngeng, Duncan
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-12T10:43:03Z
dc.date.available2023-12-12T10:43:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-27
dc.descriptionMuggaga_Allowance_Article_2023en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: In Uganda, agriculture is the main pathway for dietary intake among the households. Karamoja sub region, located in Northeastern part of Uganda is the most food insecure in the country. Although agriculture contrib‑ utes greatly to Uganda’s food systems, there is inadequate evidence for household energy and nutrient intake from agricultural production in the sub-region. Karamoja sub-region is typical because crop production has increasingly become part of the agricultural system in a largely semi-arid environment, predominantly occupied in pastoralism. Therefore, a cross-sectional study of 520 participants investigated the contribution of household’s own agricultural production to dietary intake, seeking to answer whether or not own agricultural production translates into adequate energy and nutrient intake. Results: Own food production did not meet energy and nutrient requirements, contributed disproportionately among the districts to household cumulated annual RDAs. This was refected in the higher proportion of house‑ holds in Moroto not attaining the cumulative annual RDA (energy: 100.0; protein 100.0; iron 86.5; and zinc 100.0%) than in Abim (energy: 81.6; protein 53.3; iron 23.7; and zinc 59.9%). Overall in Karamoja sub-region, the total energy and nutrients required by the household and supplied from their agricultural production were 15,589.7±10,230.6 and 4226.0±3980.1 kcal/day for energy, 317.6±202.6 and 154.4±153.7 g/day for proteins, 49.5±30.8 and 50.2±47.6 mg/day for iron, and 52.7±32.6 and 25.4±24.5 mg/day for zinc. Inter-household distribution of the absolute diference between energy and selected nutrients required by the household and that derived from own agricultural production showed defcits in household energy and nutrients needs. Further, polygamy, subsistence farming by spouse, lack of formal education by spouse positively predicted energy and nutrient supplied from own agricultural produce while lack of formal education negatively predicted energy nutrients supplied from agricultural produce. Increase in household size increased energy and nutrient required from agricultural production. Conclusion: Own agricultural production contributes limitedly to household energy and nutrient needs in the sub region. There are great variations in the households’ capacity to derive energy and nutrients from own agricultural produce in Karamoja sub-region. Polygamy, subsistence farming, education and household size predicted energy and nutrients required from and supplied by agricultural production.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the Irish Aid and Higher Education Authority (HEA) under the Programme of Strategic Cooperation between Irish Aid and Higher Education and Research Institutes 2007–2011 through the NOURISH Project.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuggaga, C., Basil, M., Okello-Uma, I., Kaaya, A. N., Taylor, D., & Ongeng, D. (2022). Recommended daily allowance-based contribution of household’s own agricultural production to food and nutrition security in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. Agriculture & Food Security, 11(1), 1-15.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2048-7010
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/416
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAgriculture & Food Securityen_US
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectfood and nutritionen_US
dc.subjectKaramoja sub-region of Ugandaen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectHouse hold incomeen_US
dc.subjectNutrient intakeen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural productionen_US
dc.subjectAgro-pastoralismen_US
dc.subjectKaramoja sub-regionen_US
dc.subjectSemi-arid, Ugandaen_US
dc.titleRecommended Daily Allowance-Based Contribution of Household’s Own Agricultural Production to Food and Nutrition Security in Karamoja Sub-region of Uganda.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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