Irrigation-nutrition linkages: Evidence from northern Ghana

Dawit Mekonnen, Jowel Choufani, Elizabeth Bryan, Abdul-Razak Abizari, Claudia Ringler and Joseph Amikuzuno

No 1887, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: We analyze the linkages between irrigation and nutrition using data from irrigators and non-irrigators in Northern Ghana. The results show that (i) there is a modest difference in the overall household dietary diversity score between irrigators and non-irrigators, (ii) there are significant differences in the consumption of animal source foods between irrigators and non-irrigators, (iii) there are significant differences in the consumption of fruits and vegetables as well as sugar and honey between irrigators and non-irrigators, and (iv) the sources of food consumption differ between irrigators and non-irrigators. The analysis shows strong association between households’ nutritional status and their access to irrigation, with evidences suggesting that the irrigation-nutrition linkages play out both through the income and production pathways in Northern Ghana.

Keywords: income; production; technology; capacity development; nutrition; irrigation; food consumption; Ghana; Africa; Western Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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