ABSTRACT
The nutrition-sensitive landscape (NSL) approach works within the space between the Sustainable Development Goals to study synergies and trade-offs related to dietary improvements and sustainable food production. The NSL methodological approach involves both qualitative and quantitative assessments that encompass aspects of food availability and access via own production, wild forage and capture, market availability, food cost and dietary intake. The chapter aims to demonstrate how better understanding a landscape's capacity to provide more diverse foods across seasons can contribute to diversified production systems for more diversified diets through three case studies in Zambia, Kenya and Vietnam. In all case studies, qualitative assessments were made of seasonal food availability, potential barriers to achieving good nutrition, and potentially nutrient dense foods that have become neglected or underutilized over time. All three sites reported very low consumption of eggs, legumes, nuts and seeds for both women and children, and other fruits for women across all seasons.
