IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/ssefpa/v9y2017i6d10.1007_s12571-017-0726-7.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Social organization, constraints and opportunities for kitchen garden implementation: ScalA and ScalA-FS assessment tools in Morogoro and Dodoma, Tanzania

Author

Listed:
  • Michelle Bonatti

    (Institute for Socio-Economics)

  • Larissa H. I. R. Homem

    (Institute for Socio-Economics)

  • Frieder Graef

    (Institute of Land Use Systems)

  • Hadijah Ally Mbwana

    (Sokoine University of Agriculture)

  • Constance Rybak

    (Institute for Socio-Economics)

  • Marcos Lana

    (Institute of Land Use Systems)

  • Stefan Sieber

    (Institute for Socio-Economics)

Abstract

Tanzania is the second largest country in East Africa with about 50 million inhabitants in 2014, and it is also considered as one of the poorest countries in the world. The country strongly depends on agriculture production. Like many other poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania sees food security as a central part of development and poverty reduction efforts. This work aims to investigate the opportunities and constraints of implementing a policy of “Kitchen Gardens” as a practice for two regions of Tanzania. The research was carried out with a qualitative approach through a first round of semi-structured interviews using a Scaling up Assessment Tool (ScalA), and a second round with a questionnaire survey, using a Scaling up Assessment Tool for Food Security (ScalA-FS) by Tanzanian and German experts from the Trans-SEC project. The experts assessed implementation suitability and the institutional requirements of Kitchen Garden across the food value chains in two Tanzanian regions with different climate regions, namely Dodoma (semi-arid) and Morogoro (sub-humid). Kitchen Garden assessments did not differ significantly between these regions. The ScalA tools provided a range of statements that allowed an overview of the structural situation to be obtained, which could enable Kitchen Garden activity to be incentivized and scaled up. However, a number of specific aspects, potentials, challenges, and likely bottlenecks of implementation related to their feasibility and institutional requirements, were indicated, which should be carefully monitored during implementation. Adopting the recommended strategies could help to close gaps in implementation, enhance community empowerment and social network development, reduce food insecurity and improve the health of the communities.

Suggested Citation

  • Michelle Bonatti & Larissa H. I. R. Homem & Frieder Graef & Hadijah Ally Mbwana & Constance Rybak & Marcos Lana & Stefan Sieber, 2017. "Social organization, constraints and opportunities for kitchen garden implementation: ScalA and ScalA-FS assessment tools in Morogoro and Dodoma, Tanzania," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 9(6), pages 1299-1308, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ssefpa:v:9:y:2017:i:6:d:10.1007_s12571-017-0726-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s12571-017-0726-7
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12571-017-0726-7
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s12571-017-0726-7?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Wilkinson, R.G., 1997. "Comment: income, inequality, and social cohesion," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 87(9), pages 1504-1506.
    2. repec:bla:devpol:v:28:y:2010:i:2:p:195-216 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. repec:bla:devpol:v:28:y:2010:i:2:p:173-194 is not listed on IDEAS
    4. Delzeit, Ruth & Sipangule, Kacana & Thiele, Rainer, 2015. "Achieving food security in the face of climate change," PEGNet Policy Briefs 2/2015, PEGNet - Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    5. Frieder Graef & Götz Uckert & Jana Schindler & Hannes Jochen König & Hadijah A. Mbwana & Anja Fasse & Lutengano Mwinuka & Henry Mahoo & Laurent N. Kaburire & Paul Saidia & Yusto Mugisha Yustas & Valer, 2017. "Expert-based ex-ante assessments of potential social, ecological, and economic impacts of upgrading strategies for improving food security in rural Tanzania using the ScalA-FS approach," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 9(6), pages 1255-1270, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Stefan Sieber & Frieder Graef & T.S. Amjath-Babu & Khamaldin D. Mutabazi & Siza D. Tumbo & Anja Faße & Sergio Gomez Y Paloma & Constance Rybak & Marcos Lana & Tim Hycenth Ndah & Götz Uckert & Johannes, 2017. "Trans-SEC’s food security research in Tanzania: principles, research models and assumptions," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 9(6), pages 1147-1155, December.
    2. Mawuna Donald Houessou & Mirte van de Louw & Ben G. J. S. Sonneveld, 2020. "What Constraints the Expansion of Urban Agriculture in Benin?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-16, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. David Consolazio & Annemarie Koster & Simone Sarti & Miranda T Schram & Coen D A Stehouwer & Erik J Timmermans & Anke Wesselius & Hans Bosma, 2020. "Neighbourhood property value and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Maastricht study: A multilevel study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(6), pages 1-13, June.
    2. Godoy, Ricardo & Byron, Elizabeth & Reyes-García, Victoria & Vadez, Vincent & Leonard, William R. & Apaza, Lilian & Huanca, Tomás & Pérez, Eddy & Wilkie, David, 2005. "Income inequality and adult nutritional status: Anthropometric evidence from a pre-industrial society in the Bolivian Amazon," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 61(5), pages 907-919, September.
    3. Herzer, Dierk & Nunnenkamp, Peter, 2015. "Income inequality and health: Evidence from developed and developing countries," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 9, pages 1-56.
    4. Jennifer M. Mellor & Jeffrey Milyo, 2002. "Income Inequality and Health Status in the United States: Evidence from the Current Population Survey," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 37(3), pages 510-539.
    5. Victoria Reyes-García & Arild Angelsen & Gerald E. Shively & Dmitrij Minkin, 2019. "Does Income Inequality Influence Subjective Wellbeing? Evidence from 21 Developing Countries," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 1197-1215, April.
    6. Chen, Zhuo & Gotway Crawford, Carol A., 2012. "The role of geographic scale in testing the income inequality hypothesis as an explanation of health disparities," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(6), pages 1022-1031.
    7. Wencong Cai & Yuanjie Deng & Qiangqiang Zhang & Haiyu Yang & Xuexi Huo, 2021. "Does Income Inequality Impair Health? Evidence from Rural China," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-18, March.
    8. Wilkinson, Richard G. & Pickett, Kate E., 2007. "The problems of relative deprivation: Why some societies do better than others," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 65(9), pages 1965-1978, November.
    9. Götz Uckert & Frieder Graef & Anja Faße & Ludger Herrmann & Harry Hoffmann & Frederick C. Kahimba & Luitfred Kissoly & Hannes J. König & Christine Lambert & Henry Mahoo & Bashir Makoko & Leon Mrosso &, 2018. "ScalA-FS: expert-based ex-ante assessments of local requirements and success potential of upgrading strategies for improving food security in rural Tanzania," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 10(4), pages 841-858, August.
    10. Henriksson, Göran & Weitoft, Gunilla Ringbäck & Allebeck, Peter, 2010. "Associations between income inequality at municipality level and health depend on context - A multilevel analysis on myocardial infarction in Sweden," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 71(6), pages 1141-1149, September.
    11. Hualin Xie & Yuyang Wen & Yongrok Choi & Xinmin Zhang, 2021. "Global Trends on Food Security Research: A Bibliometric Analysis," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-21, January.
    12. Pamela Richardson-Ngwenya & Maria Höhne & Brigitte Kaufmann, 2018. "Participatory problem analysis of crop activities in rural Tanzania with attention to gender and wealth: ‘setting the scene’ to enhance relevance and avoid exclusion in pro-poor innovation projects," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 10(4), pages 859-880, August.
    13. Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño & Betty Soledad Manrique-Espinoza & Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela & Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez, 2014. "Income Inequality, Socioeconomic Deprivation and Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults in Mexico," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(9), pages 1-8, September.
    14. Phillips, Ghasi S. & Wise, Lauren A. & Rich-Edwards, Janet W. & Stampfer, Meir J. & Rosenberg, Lynn, 2009. "Income incongruity, relative household income, and preterm birth in the Black Women's Health Study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 68(12), pages 2122-2128, June.
    15. Bécares, Laia & Nazroo, James & Albor, Christo & Chandola, Tarani & Stafford, Mai, 2012. "Examining the differential association between self-rated health and area deprivation among white British and ethnic minority people in England," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 74(4), pages 616-624.
    16. Sujarwoto & Gindo Tampubolon, 2011. "Child health and mothers’ social capital in Indonesia through crisis," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 14911, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    17. Raoul Herrmann & Ephraim Nkonya & Anja Faße, 2018. "Food value chain linkages and household food security in Tanzania," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 10(4), pages 827-839, August.
    18. Hannes J. König & Frieder Graef & Jana Schindler & Anja Fasse & Khamaldin Daud Mutabazi & Christine Lambert & Pamela Ngwenya & Götz Uckert & Henry Mahoo & Fred F. Hattermann & Stefan Sieber, 2017. "Combining participatory, qualitative and quantitative methods for impact assessment of food value chains into an integrated framework," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 9(6), pages 1309-1321, December.
    19. F. Graef & K. D. Mutabazi & S. Sieber & F. Asch & B. Makoko & M. Bonatti & M. Brüntrup & C. Gornott & L. Herrmann & R. Herrmann & L. Kaburire & F. C. Kahimba & A. Kimaro & A. Kuntosch & H. J. König & , 2019. "Multi-Disciplinary North-South Collaboration in Participatory Action Research on Food Value Chains: a German-Tanzanian Case Study on Perceptions, Experiences and Challenges," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 32(4), pages 359-378, August.
    20. Zhang, Quanda & Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa, 2020. "Income inequality and subjective wellbeing: Panel data evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:ssefpa:v:9:y:2017:i:6:d:10.1007_s12571-017-0726-7. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.