Food, Diversity, Vulnerability and Social Change: Research by Anke Niehof

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Diversity of food systems and foods poor and better-off continuum than among the lowland households (Balatibat, 2004: 91). , 2005). Comparing the two areas, Balatibat (2004: 163) concludes: ‘Both sites suffered from the consequences of natural calamities and the financial crisis during the past years, but the findings indicate the more vulnerable situation of fishing communities compared to agriculture-based ones. In the coastal area, the perennially fragile economic conditions worsened by the effects of the El Niño and La Niña phenomena and the 1997-98 financial crisis had put more pressure on the food supply of households’.

3. Prevalence of malnutrition among lowland and coastal children 6-36 months old (Balatibat, 2004: 86). 1 Food, diversity, vulnerability and social change  2. Diversity of food systems and foods poor and better-off continuum than among the lowland households (Balatibat, 2004: 91). , 2005). Comparing the two areas, Balatibat (2004: 163) concludes: ‘Both sites suffered from the consequences of natural calamities and the financial crisis during the past years, but the findings indicate the more vulnerable situation of fishing communities compared to agriculture-based ones.

A survey and a 24-hour food intake recall were done, anthropometrical measurements were made, and 19 key formal and informal leaders were interviewed. There are some limitations to the data collected on food consumption. When using the 24-hour recall method, people found it difficult to remember the food they had consumed. Another problem was that it was difficult to interview Baduy women, so most respondents were men (husbands). Measuring nutritional status was not easy either, because some respondents refused to have their height and weight measurements taken.

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