State of Food and Nutritional Security of Urban Households in Grand Lome: Approach by Measuring Household Indicators
In West Africa, the number of people facing food crises increases each year in both rural and urban areas, due to interdependent factors. The city of Grand Lome in Togo faces an increasingly large population that must ensure access to food, which it hardly produces anymore, because of the establishm...
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| description | In West Africa, the number of people facing food crises increases each year in both rural and urban areas, due to interdependent factors. The city of Grand Lome in Togo faces an increasingly large population that must ensure access to food, which it hardly produces anymore, because of the establishment of housing and infrastructure. In addition, the increase in the price of food products in this city further weakens the purchasing power of city dwellers in the context of poverty. The objective of this article is to determine the state of food and nutritional security of households in Grand Lome. The methodology adopted is based on documentary research and field surveys. A total of 310 households were interviewed on questions allowing the construction of indicators of food and nutritional security. The results show that despite the availability of food in urban markets, the food situation of households in Grand Lome is not very good. Nearly 49% of households do not have good dietary diversity, and 48% have adopted stress and crisis strategies to access food. Similarly, in Grand Lome, the prevalence of global acute malnutrition is 2.6% of children under 59 months. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4cfe7d0c522148beb346a9518ec8edb02025-08-20T02:14:16ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582024-10-011321334510.3390/foods13213345State of Food and Nutritional Security of Urban Households in Grand Lome: Approach by Measuring Household IndicatorsPenagui Toumoudagou N’oueni0Kossiwa Zinsou-Klassou1Jérôme Chenal2Regional Center of Excellence on Sustainable Cities in Africa (CERViDA), University of Lome, Lome 01BP1515, TogoRegional Center of Excellence on Sustainable Cities in Africa (CERViDA), University of Lome, Lome 01BP1515, TogoCEAT (Territorial Planning Study Community) and Excellence in Africa, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, 1005 Lausanne, SwitzerlandIn West Africa, the number of people facing food crises increases each year in both rural and urban areas, due to interdependent factors. The city of Grand Lome in Togo faces an increasingly large population that must ensure access to food, which it hardly produces anymore, because of the establishment of housing and infrastructure. In addition, the increase in the price of food products in this city further weakens the purchasing power of city dwellers in the context of poverty. The objective of this article is to determine the state of food and nutritional security of households in Grand Lome. The methodology adopted is based on documentary research and field surveys. A total of 310 households were interviewed on questions allowing the construction of indicators of food and nutritional security. The results show that despite the availability of food in urban markets, the food situation of households in Grand Lome is not very good. Nearly 49% of households do not have good dietary diversity, and 48% have adopted stress and crisis strategies to access food. Similarly, in Grand Lome, the prevalence of global acute malnutrition is 2.6% of children under 59 months.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/21/3345Grand Lomedemographic and spatial dynamicspurchasing powerfood and nutritional insecurityhouseholds |
| spellingShingle | Penagui Toumoudagou N’oueni Kossiwa Zinsou-Klassou Jérôme Chenal State of Food and Nutritional Security of Urban Households in Grand Lome: Approach by Measuring Household Indicators Foods Grand Lome demographic and spatial dynamics purchasing power food and nutritional insecurity households |
| title | State of Food and Nutritional Security of Urban Households in Grand Lome: Approach by Measuring Household Indicators |
| title_full | State of Food and Nutritional Security of Urban Households in Grand Lome: Approach by Measuring Household Indicators |
| title_fullStr | State of Food and Nutritional Security of Urban Households in Grand Lome: Approach by Measuring Household Indicators |
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| title_short | State of Food and Nutritional Security of Urban Households in Grand Lome: Approach by Measuring Household Indicators |
| title_sort | state of food and nutritional security of urban households in grand lome approach by measuring household indicators |
| topic | Grand Lome demographic and spatial dynamics purchasing power food and nutritional insecurity households |
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