Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali
We assess the impact of conflict exposure on households’ food security in rural areas of Mopti, Mali over the period 2012-17. Our main data source is a unique panel dataset of 1,617 households for which the baseline round was collected before the conflict broke out. We estimate the impact of conflic...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Tranchant, Jean-Pierre Gelli, Aulo Masset, Edoardo |
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| description | We assess the impact of conflict exposure on households’ food security in rural areas of Mopti, Mali over the period 2012-17. Our main data source is a unique panel dataset of 1,617 households for which the baseline round was collected before the conflict broke out. We estimate the impact of conflict with a weighted difference-in-differences approach. We find that exposure to high level of conflict-related fatalities within a radius of 50km leads to a reduction of daily calorie intake per adult equivalent of 311 kcal (0.39 SD) and a reduction of dietary diversity score by one food group (0.56 SD). The presence of armed groups leads to lower dietary diversity (by 1.2 food group) but has no independent effect on calories. The negative impact of conflict on dietary diversity is concentrated on households with higher scores at baseline. We also estimate whether receiving food assistance mitigates the impact of conflict. We find that school-feeding protects households facing intense conflict by supporting calorie intake. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1434702025-12-02T21:02:41Z Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali Tranchant, Jean-Pierre Gelli, Aulo Masset, Edoardo calories food security conflicts armed conflicts violence dietary diversity We assess the impact of conflict exposure on households’ food security in rural areas of Mopti, Mali over the period 2012-17. Our main data source is a unique panel dataset of 1,617 households for which the baseline round was collected before the conflict broke out. We estimate the impact of conflict with a weighted difference-in-differences approach. We find that exposure to high level of conflict-related fatalities within a radius of 50km leads to a reduction of daily calorie intake per adult equivalent of 311 kcal (0.39 SD) and a reduction of dietary diversity score by one food group (0.56 SD). The presence of armed groups leads to lower dietary diversity (by 1.2 food group) but has no independent effect on calories. The negative impact of conflict on dietary diversity is concentrated on households with higher scores at baseline. We also estimate whether receiving food assistance mitigates the impact of conflict. We find that school-feeding protects households facing intense conflict by supporting calorie intake. 2021-12-31 2024-05-22T12:14:22Z 2024-05-22T12:14:22Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143470 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Tranchant, Jean-Pierre; Gelli, Aulo; and Masset, Edoardo. 2021. Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2095. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134960. |
| spellingShingle | calories food security conflicts armed conflicts violence dietary diversity Tranchant, Jean-Pierre Gelli, Aulo Masset, Edoardo Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali |
| title | Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali |
| title_full | Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali |
| title_fullStr | Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali |
| title_short | Impact of conflict-related violence and presence of armed groups on food security: Evidence from longitudinal analysis in Mali |
| title_sort | impact of conflict related violence and presence of armed groups on food security evidence from longitudinal analysis in mali |
| topic | calories food security conflicts armed conflicts violence dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143470 |
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