Dairy Cow Ownership and Child Nutritional Status in Kenya

Charles F. Nicholson, Lucy Mwangi, Steven J. Staal and Philip K. Thornton

No 22154, 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This study examines the hypothesis that dairy cow ownership improves child nutritional status. Using household data from coastal and highland Kenya, three econometric model formulations are estimated. Positive impacts on chronic malnutrition are observed for coastal Kenya. No negative effects on acute or chronic malnutrition are found for either region.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.22154

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