Forests, Trees, and Micronutrient-Rich Food Consumption in Indonesia.

ABSTRACT: Micronutrient deficiency remains a serious problem in Indonesia with approximately 100 million people, or 40% of the population, suffering from one or more micronutrient deficiencies. In rural areas with poor market access, forests and trees may provide an essential source of nutritious food. This is especially important to understand at a time when forests and other tree-based systems in Indonesia are being lost at unprecedented rates. We use food consumption data from the 2003 Indonesia Demographic Health Survey for children between the ages of one and five years and data on vegetation cover from the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry to examine whether there is a relationship between different tree-dominated land classes and consumption of micronutrient-rich foods across the archipelago. W

SUBMITTER: Ickowitz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4871346 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature