Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan

Agriculture‐nutrition linkages (ANLs) have been increasingly investigated in the literature. However, nutritional returns and costs of household agricultural production practices (APPs) in semi‐subsistence settings are poorly understood. We fill these knowledge gaps using pooled cross‐section datase...

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Main Authors: Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Park, Allen, Ilyasov, Jarilkasin, Liu, Yanyan, Ergasheva, Tanzila
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: International Association of Agricultural Economists 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142293
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author Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Akramov, Kamiljon T.
Park, Allen
Ilyasov, Jarilkasin
Liu, Yanyan
Ergasheva, Tanzila
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Ergasheva, Tanzila
Ilyasov, Jarilkasin
Liu, Yanyan
Park, Allen
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
author_facet Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Akramov, Kamiljon T.
Park, Allen
Ilyasov, Jarilkasin
Liu, Yanyan
Ergasheva, Tanzila
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description Agriculture‐nutrition linkages (ANLs) have been increasingly investigated in the literature. However, nutritional returns and costs of household agricultural production practices (APPs) in semi‐subsistence settings are poorly understood. We fill these knowledge gaps using pooled cross‐section datasets in Tajikistan, where semi‐subsistence farming and undernutrition coexist despite relatively good agricultural infrastructure and education systems. Agricultural diversification, yield enhancement, production expansion are positively associated with various nutritional outcomes, particularly in areas with poor food market access. Decomposition exercises suggest that nutritional returns and costs of these APPs vary across households, and the adoption of APPs is driven by the expected nutritional returns. In Tajikistan, improving nutrition through household ANLs requires growing the smallholder agricultural sector in multiple dimensions, including diversification, intensification, and expansion, while also understanding better the pathways of ANLs and addressing bottlenecks at appropriate stages of such pathways.
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spelling CGSpace1422932025-02-24T06:46:46Z Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan Takeshima, Hiroyuki Akramov, Kamiljon T. Park, Allen Ilyasov, Jarilkasin Liu, Yanyan Ergasheva, Tanzila costs anthropometry households agriculture nutrition market access returns probit analysis diet Agriculture‐nutrition linkages (ANLs) have been increasingly investigated in the literature. However, nutritional returns and costs of household agricultural production practices (APPs) in semi‐subsistence settings are poorly understood. We fill these knowledge gaps using pooled cross‐section datasets in Tajikistan, where semi‐subsistence farming and undernutrition coexist despite relatively good agricultural infrastructure and education systems. Agricultural diversification, yield enhancement, production expansion are positively associated with various nutritional outcomes, particularly in areas with poor food market access. Decomposition exercises suggest that nutritional returns and costs of these APPs vary across households, and the adoption of APPs is driven by the expected nutritional returns. In Tajikistan, improving nutrition through household ANLs requires growing the smallholder agricultural sector in multiple dimensions, including diversification, intensification, and expansion, while also understanding better the pathways of ANLs and addressing bottlenecks at appropriate stages of such pathways. 2020-05-01 2024-05-22T12:10:16Z 2024-05-22T12:10:16Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142293 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133485 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145655 Open Access International Association of Agricultural Economists Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Akramov, Kamiljon T.; Park, Allen; Ilyasov, Jarilkasin; Liu, Yanyan; and Ergasheva, Tanzila. 2020. Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan. Agricultural Economics 51(4): 553-565. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12571
spellingShingle costs
anthropometry
households
agriculture
nutrition
market access
returns
probit analysis
diet
Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Akramov, Kamiljon T.
Park, Allen
Ilyasov, Jarilkasin
Liu, Yanyan
Ergasheva, Tanzila
Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan
title Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan
title_full Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan
title_fullStr Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan
title_full_unstemmed Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan
title_short Agriculture–nutrition linkages with heterogeneous, unobserved returns and costs: Insights from Tajikistan
title_sort agriculture nutrition linkages with heterogeneous unobserved returns and costs insights from tajikistan
topic costs
anthropometry
households
agriculture
nutrition
market access
returns
probit analysis
diet
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142293
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