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Table 7 Food security pathways integrative picture in Popokabaka

From: An example of a convergent mixed-methods analysis to examine food security: the case of Popokabaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Quantitative findings

Qualitative findings

Integrative mixed pathways

Household survey

 (A) FCS (40.7% of poor food consumption)

 (B) DD (69.2% of non-diversified diet)

 (C) HFIAS (88.4% severely food insecure)

Market survey

 (D) fair availability and high-cost animal-source foods

 (E) high availability of green leafy foods

Exit interview

 (F) affordability of green leafy foods

 (G) client satisfaction with food purchased

Barriers

 (1) lack of adequate infrastructure,

 (2) lack of motivation,

 (3) lack of support and control systems,

 (4) rudimentary techniques

Opportunities

 (5) Community acceptability

 (6) Foods locally produced

 (7) Food production activities

 (8) Soil fertility

The poor diet quality

(A) ← (D) ← (3) (4)

The culture-grounded dietary

(B) ← (E) (F) ← (1) (2) (6) (7)

The Risk perception

(C) ← (G) ← (5) (4)

  1. The arrow ← means 'may be explained by'