Review: Time Use as an Explanation for the Agri-Nutrition Disconnect: Evidence from Rural Areas in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Deborah Johnston, Sara Stevano, Hazel Jean Malapit, Elizabeth Hull and Suneetha Kadiyala

Food Policy, 2018, vol. 76, issue C, 8-18

Abstract: Time is a vital input into nutritional outcomes, as it is necessary for the production, procurement and preparation of food, child feeding and childcare. Thus, agricultural interventions may fail to improve nutritional outcomes if they do not take account of time constraints, particularly of rural women who spend a considerable portion of their time in agriculture. Given the potential trade-offs pertaining to time in productive vs. reproductive activities and its implications for maternal and child nutrition, the goal of this review is to systematically map and assess the available evidence, both qualitative and quantitative studies, agriculture-time use-nutrition pathway.

Keywords: Time use; Agriculture; Nutrition; Gender; LMICs; Food consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.12.011

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