Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia

John Hoddinott, Derek Headey and Mekdim Dereje
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Mekdim Dereje Regassa

No 63, ESSP working papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets to have direct dietary impacts on nutrition in addition to any indirect effects via income. We test this hypothesis for the dairy sector in rural Ethiopia, a context in which markets are very thin, own-consumption shares are very high, and milk is an important source of animal-based proteins and micronutrients for young children

Keywords: milk production; child nutrition; stunting; malnutrition; nutrition; dairying; children; Ethiopia; Eastern Africa; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Journal Article: Cows, Missing Milk Markets, and Nutrition in Rural Ethiopia (2015)
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