Journal article
Agricultural production diversity and child nutrition in Ethiopia
Food security, v 13(6), pp 1407-1422
01 Dec 2021
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Abstract
This study investigates how two aspects of agricultural production diversity - farm production diversity and composition of production - relate to child height-for-age and weight-for-height in Ethiopia. We use longitudinal data on child anthropometric measurements, household farm production diversity and farm production composition from the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey for 2011, 2013, and 2015 available through the World Bank. Using longitudinal fixed effects models, we show that an increase in farm production diversity reduces the risk of chronic food insecurity (child height-for-age) but has no impact on acute measures of food insecurity (child weight-for-height). Results also suggest that, in a context of poor rainfall, more diversity in farm production can adversely impact child height-for-age, although livestock sales might mitigate that detrimental effect. These findings highlight the importance of considering the relationship between farm-level food production and child nutrition in a context of climate change.
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- Title
- Agricultural production diversity and child nutrition in Ethiopia
- Creators
- Maryia Bakhtsiyarava - University of California, BerkeleyKathryn Grace - University of Minnesota
- Publication Details
- Food security, v 13(6), pp 1407-1422
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- 1639214 / National Science Foundation INFEWS grant
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000658115700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85107469396
- Other Identifier
- 991021966749804721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Food Science & Technology