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Browsing by Author "Prehm, M. S."

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  • Developing integrative methods for describing food production and consumption linkages: The case of the Bicol FSR/E Project
    Prehm, M. S.; Haedrich, L. (United Kingdom: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers S.A., 1990)
    Despite being the ultimate desirable outcome of agricultural interventions, very few studies have explored the nutritional outcomes of agricultural research projects. The purpose of this study was to identify relevant nutritional considerations in the design of agricultural interventions in the Bicol Farming Systems Research and Development Project in the Philippines. A multidisciplinary team of an agricultural production specialist, a social scientist, an extension specialist, and a home management specialist used nutrition surveillance data, sit reconnaissance, key informant group interviews, community planning, and household visits to find linkages between food consumption and production in farming systems. Timing of food and income gaps, basic lack of food, and labor constraints proved to be the most critical points to consider in agricultural intervention design. One particular useful and unique tool was a food and income gaps calendar that described food and income sources and their seasonal variability. This study provides a practical model for integrating nutritional concerns in agricultural research projects.
  • Production and consumption linkages in a sustainable farming systems project
    Prehm, M. S. (Culture & Agriculture Section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), 1989)
    The Bicol Rainfed Agricultural Development Project in the Philippines was a joint project of the Philippine Department of Agriculture and the US Agency for International Development. Beginning in 1983, its primary purpose was to improve national capacity to identify profitable and sustainable agricultural technologies for rainfed areas and to develop ways to effectively disseminate them. Production/consumption linkages were analysed as one aspect of sustainable agriculture. The most important production/consumption linkages appeared to be related to crop mix, seasonality, income, and marketing. The most successful and major project strategies are at least taking into account the important consumption problems of food and income gaps by increasing subsistence crops, crop yields, and flows of income to households throughout the year. They are also intended to decrease household susceptibility to typhoon damage and to improve environmental conditions such as soil fertility which eventually could build a stronger household resource base. (CabDirect)