Impact of Poultry Farmers' Participation in Modern Food Retail Markets on Household Dietary Diversity: Lessons from Southeast Nigeria

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 611
• Main Authors: Onyeneke, Robert Ugochukwu, Emenekwe, Chukwuemeka Chinonso, Chidiebere-Mark, Nneka Maris, Munonye, Jane Onuabuchi, Aligbe, Jonathan Ogbeni, Kanu, Clementina, Izuogu, Chibuzo Uzoma, Njoku, Chukwudi Loveday, Uwazie, Uwazie Iyke, Uwadoka, Christian Obioma, Azuamairo, Gillian Chidozie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 02.04.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Chickens; Confidentiality; Consumers; Consumption; Convenience stores; Developing countries; dietary diversity; Economic aspects; Family income; FANTA; Farm income; Farmers; Farms; Fast food; Gender; Grocery stores; Hotels & motels; Households; instrumental variable regression; LDCs; Manures; modern food retail markets (MFRM); Modernization; Nutrition; Participation; Population; Poultry; poultry farm household; Poultry farming; Poultry industry; Poultry production; Quality; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; seemingly unrelated regression; Sex roles; Social aspects; Studies; Supermarkets; Vegetables; Nigeria; Africa; FANTA; instrumental variable regression; modern food retail markets (MFRM); seemingly unrelated regression; poultry farm household; dietary diversity
• ISSN: 2076-2615; 2076-2615
• DOI: 10.3390/ani10040611

This study analyzed the interrelationships between participation in MFRMs and dietary diversity of poultry farming households in Southeast Nigeria. We used cross-sectional data from poultry farmers in Southeast Nigeria and employed instrumental variable and seemingly unrelated regression models to estimate the impact of MFRM participation and major linkages to poultry farm households' dietary diversity. The results show that participating in MFRMs, relative to traditional markets, improved poultry farmers' dietary diversity. Moreover, dietary diversity was positively related to higher poultry farm incomes, higher value of own poultry products consumed, and larger area of vegetable cultivated using poultry droppings as manure. Furthermore, increased poultry farm income, higher value of own poultry products consumed, and larger area of vegetable land cultivated using poultry droppings as manure increased the dietary diversity of the farm households. In contrast, a higher share of poultry production revenue controlled by men reduced household dietary diversity. These findings make clear the potential of improving farming households' nutrition outcomes by promoting participation in MFRMs and the major impact pathways.