Summary
Published in Global Food Security, this paper by Jones (2017) reviews the evidence linking on-farm agrobiodiversity — including crop species richness and livestock variety — with household dietary diversity, particularly among smallholder farming communities. The paper likely interrogates the strength and conditionality of this relationship, acknowledging that market access, gender dynamics, and income mediate how farm biodiversity translates into dietary outcomes. It contributes to ongoing debate about whether biodiversity-focused agricultural interventions can serve as a lever for improving nutrition.
UK applicability
The findings are primarily relevant to low- and middle-income country smallholder contexts and have limited direct applicability to UK farming systems; however, the underlying principles regarding diversified farming and diet quality may inform UK agri-food policy debates around diversification and public health co-benefits.
Key measures
Dietary diversity scores (DDS); species richness on farm; household food consumption indicators
Outcomes reported
The study examined the relationship between the diversity of crops and livestock species produced on farms and the dietary diversity of farming households, likely drawing on cross-sectional or review evidence from low- and middle-income country contexts.
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