Does livestock ownership affect animal source foods consumption and child nutritional status ? evidence from rural Uganda

Carlo Azzarri, Elizabeth Cross, Beliyou Haile, Alberto Zezza, Carlo Azzarri, Elizabeth Cross, Beliyou Haile and Alberto Zezza
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Carlo Azzarri, Alberto Zezza and Beliyou A. Haile

No 7111, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: In many developing countries, consumption of animal source foods among the poor is still at a level where increasing its share in total caloric intake may have many positive nutritional benefits. This paper explores whether ownership of various livestock species increases consumption of animal source foods and helps improve child nutritional status. The paper finds some evidence that food consumption patterns and nutritional outcomes may be affected by livestock ownership in rural Uganda. The results are suggestive that promoting (small) livestock ownership has the potential to affect human nutrition in rural Uganda, but further research is needed to estimate more precisely the direction and size of these effects.

Keywords: Livestock and Animal Husbandry; Nutrition; Energy and Mining; Reproductive Health; Early Child and Children'; Early Child and Children's Health; Health Care Services Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-11-01
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Journal Article: Does Livestock Ownership Affect Animal Source Foods Consumption and Child Nutritional Status? Evidence from Rural Uganda (2015)
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