Seasonal food availability calendars and dietary patterns for Dedza and Balaka districts: A comparative study

1.0 Introduction 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Materials and Methods 3.0 Results and Discussions References In most rural areas Africa, farm households rely on their own food production or local open markets for food. Seasonal variations in food availability are characteristic in such areas due to poor food distribution/system infrastructure. Such variability in food availability sometimes results in a food and health crisis that ruins and kills Africans every year, but its severity and duration vary across households and over time [1]. The situation is exacerbated by the rain-fed farming systems, where smallholder farmers depend on a single rainy season for most of their staple food needs. Rain-fed agriculture is dependent on the unpredictable behavior of the weather conditions in the context of climate change [1]. Poor rain pe ...