Innovative Solutions to Increase Dietary Diversity of Rural Households

Authors

  • Fotima Saydullaeva Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, National Research University, Uzbekistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54536/ajaset.v7i2.1552

Keywords:

Household Dietary Diversity, Agricultural Production Diversification, Mass Media, Digital Technologies, Social Infrastructure, Dietary Plan

Abstract

Today, it is becoming important to achieve food security in all countries. This article aims to find sustainable and innovative ways to improve household dietary diversity score (HDDS). Analyzes were carried out based on 320 small farms in the Samarkand region using cross-sectional data in 2021. T-test method were applied to find differences in dietary diversity and product diversification of households that prepared food with digital and other innovative patterns and those that did not use them. Culinary special television programs, radio broadcasts are assisted the households’ dietary diversity index increased by 2.7 points compared to those who did not follow the program, and the production diversification index showed an increase of 0.18 points in crop diversification and 0.20 points in livestock diversification with high statistical significance. When comparing production and consumption diversification between those who used and those who did not use digital technologies, the diversification index of the crop was 0.12 and livestock diversification was 0.24 points higher. In addition, we observed that HDDS was 2.2 times higher. In particular, those who constantly used Internet resources to learn culinary practices had a crop and livestock diversification 0.03 and 0.16 points higher, HDDS two times greater than those who did not use Internet resources. Therefore, only a small number of 11 respondents mentioned that they participated in culinary courses. Our study also found that the level of farm production diversification was higher with respondents who attended cooking courses than those who did not. It was scientifically proven that HDDS was twice as high as those who did not use online menu programs, and crop and livestock diversification index was 0.15 and 0.19 points higher, respectively. Findings indicated that, proposed innovative objective solutions displayed positive results in increasing the dietary diversity of rural households.

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Published

2023-04-24

How to Cite

Saydullaeva, F. (2023). Innovative Solutions to Increase Dietary Diversity of Rural Households. American Journal of Agricultural Science, Engineering, and Technology, 7(2), 16–20. https://doi.org/10.54536/ajaset.v7i2.1552