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dc.contributor.authorWilson, W.C.
dc.contributor.authorSlingerland, M.
dc.contributor.authorBaijukya, F.
dc.contributor.authorvan Zanten, H.
dc.contributor.authorOosting, S.J.
dc.contributor.authorGiller, K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-22T15:19:05Z
dc.date.available2021-09-22T15:19:05Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationWilson, W.C., Slingerland, M., Baijukya, F., van Zanten, H., Oosting, S.J. & Giller, K. (2021). Integrating the soybean-maize-chicken value chains to attain nutritious diets in Tanzania. Food Security, 1-18.
dc.identifier.issn1876-4517
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7248
dc.description.abstractIn Tanzania, diets are dominated by starchy staple crops such as maize, levels of malnutrition are high and largely attributed to lack of dietary diversity. We employed fuzzy cognitive mapping to understand the current soybean, maize and chicken value chains, to highlight stakeholder relationships and to identify entry points for value chain integration to support nutritious diets in Tanzania. The fuzzy cognitive maps were constructed based on information gathered during household interviews with 569 farming households, followed by a participatory workshop with 54 stakeholders involved in the three value chains. We found that the soybean, maize and chicken value chains were interconnected, particularly at the level of the smallholder farming systems and at processing facilities. Smallholder farming households were part of one or more value chains. Chicken feed is an important entry point for integrating the three value chains, as maize and soybean meal are the main sources of energy and protein for chicken. Unlike maize, the utilization of soybean in chicken feed is limited, mainly due to inadequate quality of processing of soybean grain into meal. As a result, the soybean grain produced by smallholders is mainly exported to neighbouring countries for further processing, and soybean meal is imported at relatively high prices. Enhancing local sourcing and adequate processing of soybean, coupled with strengthening the integration of smallholder farmers with other soybean, maize and chicken value chain actors offers an important opportunity to improve access to nutritious diets for local people. Our method revealed the importance of interlinkages that integrate the value chains into a network within domestic markets.
dc.format.extent1-18
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectDietary Diversity
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectSoybeans
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectFeeds
dc.subjectValue Chain
dc.titleIntegrating the soybean‑maize‑chicken value chains to attain nutritious diets in Tanzania
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University and Research Centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationTanzania Livestock Research Institute
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidWILSON:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectNutrition
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectSoybean
cg.iitasubjectValue Chains
cg.journalFood Security
cg.notesOpen Access Article; Published online: 09 Sep 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01213-4
cg.iitaauthor.identifierFrederick Baijukya: 0000-0003-2586-2013
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo


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