The effect of mung bean on improving dietary diversity in women and children in Senegal

Since 2015, a U.S. Agency for International Development and Virginia Tech Education and Research in Agriculture collaboration has introduced and tested mung bean as a potential crop to alleviate malnutrition and food insecurity in Senegal. This MS thesis describes a study conducted to assess the imp...

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Main Author: Vashro, Taylor Nadine
Other Authors: Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
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Published: Virginia Tech 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86361
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spelling ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-863612020-11-13T05:37:22Z The effect of mung bean on improving dietary diversity in women and children in Senegal Vashro, Taylor Nadine Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise Hulver, Matthew W. Farris, Alisha Kraak, Vivica Abaye, Azenegashe Ozzie Mung bean Dietary diversity Mixed method research Senegal Food security Since 2015, a U.S. Agency for International Development and Virginia Tech Education and Research in Agriculture collaboration has introduced and tested mung bean as a potential crop to alleviate malnutrition and food insecurity in Senegal. This MS thesis describes a study conducted to assess the impact of mung bean on dietary diversity of Senegalese women and children in the Kaolack, Matam and Bakel localities of Senegal. A mixed-methods research approach included individual surveys to determine dietary diversity scores (DDS) and focus groups to assess the perceived impacts of mung bean. The dietary diversity survey was conducted with 194 participants including adult women, ages 15 to 70 years (n=109) and children, ages 0-10 years (n=85). Half (52%) of the population were mung bean consumers. The dietary diversity surveys revealed an average DDS of 5.73 on a scale of one to 10, with 5.83 and 5.62 for mung bean and non-mung bean consuming groups, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in DDS between mung-bean consuming women and both mung bean and non-mung bean children, and between mung bean and non-mung bean consumers in Bakel; however, there was no significant difference between overall mung bean and non-mung bean groups DDS. Focus groups (n=11) with mung bean consuming women identified perceived agricultural, health, and financial benefits associated with mung bean consumption. These results can increase our understanding of how mung bean may influence policy-relevant issues for the Senegalese population, including agricultural, health and financial outcomes that are not reflected in dietary diversity surveys. Master of Science 2018-12-13T07:00:57Z 2018-12-13T07:00:57Z 2017-06-20 Thesis vt_gsexam:11969 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86361 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ETD application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Virginia Tech
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topic Mung bean
Dietary diversity
Mixed method research
Senegal
Food security
spellingShingle Mung bean
Dietary diversity
Mixed method research
Senegal
Food security
Vashro, Taylor Nadine
The effect of mung bean on improving dietary diversity in women and children in Senegal
description Since 2015, a U.S. Agency for International Development and Virginia Tech Education and Research in Agriculture collaboration has introduced and tested mung bean as a potential crop to alleviate malnutrition and food insecurity in Senegal. This MS thesis describes a study conducted to assess the impact of mung bean on dietary diversity of Senegalese women and children in the Kaolack, Matam and Bakel localities of Senegal. A mixed-methods research approach included individual surveys to determine dietary diversity scores (DDS) and focus groups to assess the perceived impacts of mung bean. The dietary diversity survey was conducted with 194 participants including adult women, ages 15 to 70 years (n=109) and children, ages 0-10 years (n=85). Half (52%) of the population were mung bean consumers. The dietary diversity surveys revealed an average DDS of 5.73 on a scale of one to 10, with 5.83 and 5.62 for mung bean and non-mung bean consuming groups, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference in DDS between mung-bean consuming women and both mung bean and non-mung bean children, and between mung bean and non-mung bean consumers in Bakel; however, there was no significant difference between overall mung bean and non-mung bean groups DDS. Focus groups (n=11) with mung bean consuming women identified perceived agricultural, health, and financial benefits associated with mung bean consumption. These results can increase our understanding of how mung bean may influence policy-relevant issues for the Senegalese population, including agricultural, health and financial outcomes that are not reflected in dietary diversity surveys. === Master of Science
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