Impact of agricultural commercialization on dietary diversity and vulnerability to poverty: Insights from Chinese rural households

Hongyun Zheng and Wanglin Ma

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2023, vol. 80, issue C, 558-569

Abstract: In this study, we examine the role of agricultural commercialization in influencing rural households’ dietary diversity and vulnerability to poverty. The instrumental variable (IV)-based approaches, including IV-Poisson and IV-Probit models, are employed to estimate the data collected through the China Land Economic Survey project. The results show that a higher level of agricultural commercialization is positively and significantly associated with higher dietary diversity and lower vulnerability to poverty. The poverty-reduction effect of agricultural commercialization is robust to the adjusted poverty line. Further analysis reveals that increasing the level of agricultural commercialization significantly increases the consumption levels of legumes, fruits, livestock meat, and poultry meat. The findings highlight the importance of linking farmers to markets for commercializing agricultural products, a practical way to improve rural household welfare and reduce the risk of falling into poverty.

Keywords: Agricultural commercialization; Dietary diversity; Vulnerability to poverty; Rural households (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 Q13 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2023.09.007

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