Analysis of Factors Contributing to Malnutrition in Ribaué District – Nampula Province : Análise dos Factores que Contribuem para Malnutrição no Distrito de Ribaué – Província De Nampula

• This article deals with the factors that contribute to malnutrition, considering the nutritional situation in the five communities in which interventions to improve food and nutritional security were carried out. The objective is to present a qualitative analysis of the current nutritional situation of farmers, based on data collected through a survey in the form of a questionnaire and a systematic review of the literature on food and nutritional security. The study discusses the concepts and theories related to food and nutritional security in the Mozambican context. Low agricultural income and the weak source of household income, the non-existence or lack of access to markets, poor environmental sanitation, the lack of drinking water and the lack of knowledge about the importance of food and how to combine it They lead rural populations to malnutrition.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Näringslära (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nutrition and Dietetics (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi -- Socialantropologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology -- Social Anthropology (hsv//eng)

LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER  -- Lantbruksvetenskap, skogsbruk och fiske -- Livsmedelsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES  -- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries -- Food Science (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)

LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER  -- Annan lantbruksvetenskap -- Övrig annan lantbruksvetenskap (hsv//swe)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES  -- Other Agricultural Sciences -- Other Agricultural Sciences not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Nutrition; Food Education; Agro-Processing; Food security; Mozambique

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