Beyond the Bean: Analyzing Diversified Farming, Food Security, Dietary Diversity, and Gender in Nicaragua's Smallholders Coffee Cooperatives
Publisher: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
Author(s): Christopher M. Bacon, Maria E. F. Gomez, Vanessa Shin, Gabi Ballardo, Skyler Kriese, Emma McCurry, Erica Martinez, and Misael Rivas
Date: 2023
Topics: Gender, Renewable Resources
Countries: Nicaragua
Diversification is key for agroecological transformations, but little is known about how it relates to farmers’ dietary diversity and food sovereignty. Our team and coffee cooperative staff conducted a participatory action research mixed methods study, including 171 surveys and 50 interviews.