An Exploratory study of Dairying Intensification, Women’s Decision Making, and Time Use and Implications for Child Nutrition in Kenya

Jemimah Micere Njuki, Amanda Wyatt, Isabelle Baltenweck, Kathryn Yount, Clair Null, Usha Ramakrishnan, Aimee Webb Girard and Shreyas Sreenath
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Jemimah Micere Njuki: IDRC
Amanda Wyatt: International Food Policy Research Institute
Isabelle Baltenweck: International Livestock Research Institute
Kathryn Yount: Emory University
Clair Null: Emory University
Usha Ramakrishnan: Emory University
Aimee Webb Girard: Emory University
Shreyas Sreenath: Emory University

The European Journal of Development Research, 2016, vol. 28, issue 4, No 12, 722-740

Abstract: Abstract Dairy intensification as a development strategy is expected to improve household nutrition, yet the pathways by which this occurs are not well understood. This article examines how women’s time use and decision-making patterns related to dairy income and consumption are associated with dairy intensification, as a way of exploring the links between intensification and nutrition. Results from our mixed methods study conducted with households representing low, medium and high levels of dairy intensification in rural Kenya indicated that children in high-intensity households received more milk than children in medium-intensity households. While women seemed to be gaining control over evening milk sales decisions, men seemed to be increasingly controlling total dairy income, a trend countered by the increase in reported joint decision making. Women from medium-intensity households reported spending more time on dairy activities than women from high-intensity households. More research on how dairy interventions affect women is needed.

Keywords: Kenya; dairy intensification; child nutrition; women’s decision making; time use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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