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Food Consumption Practices and Implications for Mycotoxin Exposure Risk: A Cross-sectional Study in Inhambane and Gaza Provinces, Mozambique

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Agrárias::Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas
datacite.subject.fosCiências Agrárias::Biotecnologia Agrária e Alimentar
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg02:Erradicar a Fome
datacite.subject.sdg15:Proteger a Vida Terrestre
datacite.subject.sdg08:Trabalho Digno e Crescimento Económico
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, Maria Isabel
dc.contributor.authorMussalama, Edson
dc.contributor.authorManhiça, Agnaldo
dc.contributor.authorCabo, Paula
dc.contributor.authorVenâncio, Armando
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Paula
dc.contributor.authorMacuamule, Custódia
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-13T16:56:23Z
dc.date.available2026-02-13T16:56:23Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractDiet is considered the main route of exposure to the risk of mycotoxin poisoning. Consequently, given the prevalence of mycotoxins in Mozambique, there is a need to develop studies on the population's consumption habits to implement control and mitigation strategies in a sustainable way. This quantitative and cross-sectional study aimed to report the dietary habits of the population in two provinces of Mozambique and to investigate whether province, place of residence, gender, and age were differentiating factors in dietary habits. Primary data were collected using a food frequency questionnaire adapted from a validated version for Portugal, which was modified to include foods commonly consumed in Mozambique. The data, collected by agricultural technicians between October and November 2022, refer to 300 individuals from 55 households. According to the results, 58.4% of the products consumed by families were of local origin, 40.2% were of national origin, and only 1.4% were imported. Foods such as milk, oil, fresh fish, eggs, rice, bread, sugar, onions, water, mango, and bananas are part of the daily diet of these households. In addition, it was found that the province, environment, and gender of the participants acted as differentiators of eating habits. That is, a greater quantity of foods from all food groups was consumed in the urban environment compared to the rural one. Considering the province, the consumption of fats, bread, and cereals is higher in Gaza, while, in Inhambane, dairy products, fats, fruits, and beverages are consumed in greater quantities. Finally, considering gender, it was found that women consume a greater quantity of dairy products. These results are crucial for the development of sampling strategies that assess fungal and mycotoxin contamination and estimate the risk of exposure to the studied population.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), through the project Ref. FCT AGA-KHAN/541590696/2019 “MYCOTOX-PALOP—Multi-actor partnership for the risk assessment of mycotoxins along the food chain in African Portuguese-speaking countries (PALOP)”. We also thank FCT for their financial support through national funds FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC) to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020 and UIDP/00690/2020), SusTEC (LA/P/0007/2020), and LABBELS (LA/P/0029/2020).
dc.identifier.citationRibeiro, Maria Isabel; Mussalama, Edson; Manhiça, Agnaldo; Cabo, Paula; Venâncio, Armando; Rodrigues, Paula; Macuamule, Custódia (2026). Food Consumption Practices and Implications for Mycotoxin Exposure Risk: A Cross-sectional Study in Inhambane and Gaza Provinces, Mozambique. Research in Agriculture and Agronomy. p. 1-17
dc.identifier.doi10.5171/2026.545016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/35751
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherIBIMA Publishing
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.relationAssociate Laboratory for Sustainability and Tecnology in Mountain Regions
dc.relationAssociate Laboratory on Biotechnology, Bioengineering and microELectromechanical Systems
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://ibimapublishing.com/articles/AGRI/2026/545016/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectContaminated food
dc.subjectMycotoxins
dc.subjectEating habits
dc.subjectMozambique
dc.titleFood Consumption Practices and Implications for Mycotoxin Exposure Risk: A Cross-sectional Study in Inhambane and Gaza Provinces, Mozambiqueeng
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