The Chikal Valley in Niger: Food Supply, Dietary Patterns and Child Growth. Projet Tapis Vert's Influence on the Development.

Table of content

• 1 Abstract
• 2 Introduction | expanded content
• 3 Objectives of the field work for this study
• 4 Description of the methods of the field work | expanded content
• 5 Result and analysis | expanded content
• 6 Conclusions and discussion | expanded content
• 7 Final comments
• 8 Acknowledgements
• 9 References
• Abbreviations

1. Word list Hausa
2. Dishes in the Chikal area
3. Plants giving food in Chikal
4. Nutrient composition tables
5. Weight for age diagramme
6. Weight for age of children born the same month of the year
7. Extract from a dietary study in 1981

Expanded table of content

• 1 Abstract
• 2 Introduction
  • 2.1.Sahel
  • 2.2.Niger
    • 2.2.1.Area, population, and national income
    • 2.2.2.Public health
    • 2.2.3.Nutritional status and production of food
  • 2.3.Chikal
    • 2.3.1.The food situation in the Chikal area
    • 2.3.2.The work at PMI
    • 2.3.3.Vaccinations
  • 2.4.Projet Tapis Vert
    • 2.4.1.Historical background of PTV
    • 2.4.2.Projet Tapis Vert; description of goals
    • 2.4.3.Staff
• 3 Objectives of the field work for this study
• 4 Description of the methods of the field work
  • 4.1.Compilation of anthropometric data at the dispensary
  • 4.2.Collecting data about food supply
    • 4.2.1.Dividing of plants into groups in Appendix 3
    • 4.2.2.Definition of millet and sorghum
  • 4.3.Investigation of food patterns
    • 4.3.1.Collecting data about ingredients in the diet
    • 4.3.2.Inquiry about the diet
    • 4.3.3.Improved stoves
    • 4.3.4.Chemical analyses
  • 4.4.Method for nutritional analyses of the project
    • 4.4.1.Nutritional goals and objectives
    • 4.4.2.About the analysis of PTV
• 5 Result and analysis
  • 5.1.Child growth
  • 5.2.Food supply in Chikal
  • 5.3.Dietary patterns
    • 5.3.1.Fura - the national dish - is nearly always included in a meal.
    • 5.3.2.The second most common dish on the menu was paste with sauce
    • 5.3.3.Sagai and other dishes made of leaves
    • 5.3.4.Pancakes
    • 5.3.5.Peas
    • 5.3.6.Meat
    • 5.3.7.Other dishes
    • 5.3.8.List of dishes in Chikal
    • 5.3.9."Something to eat"
    • 5.3.10.Snacks
    • 5.3.11.Diet especially for the children
    • 5.3.12.Improved stoves
    • 5.3.13.The composition of the househulds
    • 5.3.14.Nutrient content of the food
      • 5.3.14.1.Chemical analyses
      • 5.3.14.2.A food composition table is to be found in appendix 4.
  • 5.4.Analysis of PTV from nutritional point of view
    • 5.4.1.Analytical touls
    • 5.4.2.Goals for the pilot tests in PTV
    • 5.4.3.An analysis of the objectives of the pilot tests
    • 5.4.4.Objectives of approaches in Projet Tapis Vert
    • 5.4.5.An analysis of the objectives of the approaches
    • 5.4.6.Activities in Projet Tapis Vert
    • 5.4.7.An analysis of the activities of PTV
• 6 Conclusions and discussion
  • 6.1.The growth of the children has levelled off in the ages between 8 and 18 months
  • 6.2.Food in Chikal
    • 6.2.1.The most important plants
    • 6.2.2.Plants that are cultivated in dry season
    • 6.2.3.Fruit trees
    • 6.2.4.Roots
    • 6.2.5.Is resin an addition to the diet?
  • 6.3.Comments to the food investigation
    • 6.3.1.Improved stoves
    • 6.3.2.Diet and nutrition
      • 6.3.2.1.Supply of food substances
      • 6.3.2.2.Comments
  • 6.4.Questions and comments about PTV
• 7 Final comments
  • Abbreviations
• 8 Acknowledgements
• 9 References

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