Synopsis: An analysis of trends and determinants of child undernutrition in Ethiopia, 2000-2011

Derek D. Headey
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: John Hoddinott

No 38, ESSP research notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: We study the relationship between pre-school children’s food consumption and household agricultural production. Using a large household survey from rural Ethiopia, we find that increasing household production diversity leads to considerable improvements in children’s diet diversity. However, we also document how this non-separability of consumption and production does not hold for households that have access to food markets. These findings imply that nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions that push for market-integration are likely to be more effective in reducing undernutrition than those promoting production diversity.

Keywords: undernutrition; health; stunting; malnutrition; nutrition; children; demography; Ethiopia; Eastern Africa; Africa; Sub-saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Working Paper: Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia (2014)
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