Crop Diversification and Nutrition Outcomes in Smallholder Households: Panel Data Evidence from Southwestern and Northern Uganda

Racheal Namulondo and Bernard Bashaasha

Working Papers from African Economic Research Consortium

Abstract: This study examined the effect of adopting crop diversification on nutrition outcomes of smallholder households in southwestern and northern Uganda. We constructed three models of correlates of household dietary diversity, minimum dietary diversity for women, and stunting of children aged 6a-59 months. A 3-year panel multi-topic dataset collected in 2012, 2014 and 2016 by USAID's Feed the Future Nutrition Innovation Laboratory in southwestern and northern Uganda was utilized. Crop diversification was found to be positively and strongly associated with household dietary diversity, with the probability of achieving

Date: 2021-08
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