Singh Sukhwinder, Venkateshmurthy Nikhil Srinivasapura, Brown Kerry Ann, Maddury Avinav Prasad, Khatkar Rajesh, Jarhyan Prashant, Prabhakaran Dorairaj, Mohan Sailesh
Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi 110016, India.
Public Health Foundation of India, Gurgaon 122002, India.
Sustainability. 2023 Feb 5;15:2873. doi: 10.3390/su15042873.
Using primary data from 479 farmer households, this study examined the associations between agricultural and socioeconomic factors and farmer household dietary diversity in Visakhapatnam and Sonipat. Cropping intensity was positively associated with farmers' household dietary diversity score (HDDS), suggesting that higher cropping intensity may expand the gross cropped area and improve food security among subsistence farmers. Distance to food markets was also significantly associated with farmer HDDS, which suggests that market integration with rural households can improve farmer HDDS in Visakhapatnam. In Sonipat, wealth index had a positive association with farmer HDDS, targeting the income pathway by improving farmer HDDS in this region. Considering the relative contribution of these factors, distance to food markets, cropping intensity, and crop diversity were the three most important factors affecting farmer HDDS in Visakhapatnam, whereas wealth index, cropping intensity, and distance to food markets emerged as the top three important factors contributing to farmer HDDS in Sonipat. Our study concludes that the associations between agricultural and socioeconomic factors and farmer HDDS are complex but context- and location-specific; therefore, considering the site- and context-specific circumstances, different connections to HDDS in India can be found to better support policy priorities on the ground.
本研究利用来自479个农户的原始数据，考察了维沙卡帕特南和索尼帕特地区农业与社会经济因素与农户饮食多样性之间的关联。种植强度与农户饮食多样性得分（HDDS）呈正相关，这表明更高的种植强度可能会扩大作物种植总面积，并改善自给农民的粮食安全状况。到食品市场的距离也与农户HDDS显著相关，这表明与农村家庭的市场整合可以改善维沙卡帕特南地区农户的HDDS。在索尼帕特，财富指数与农户HDDS呈正相关，通过改善该地区农户的HDDS来瞄准收入途径。考虑到这些因素的相对贡献，到食品市场的距离、种植强度和作物多样性是影响维沙卡帕特南地区农户HDDS的三个最重要因素，而财富指数、种植强度和到食品市场的距离则是索尼帕特地区农户HDDS的三大重要影响因素。我们的研究得出结论，农业和社会经济因素与农户HDDS之间的关联是复杂的，但因背景和地点而异；因此，考虑到具体地点和背景情况，可以发现印度与HDDS的不同联系，以便更好地支持当地的政策重点。
