Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets
Chronic undernutrition in Ethiopia is widespread and many children consume highly monotonous diets. To improve feeding practices in Ethiopia, a strong focus in nutrition programming has been placed on improving the nutrition knowledge of caregivers. In this paper, we study the impact of improving nu...
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| author | Hirvonen, Kalle Hoddinott, John F. Minten, Bart Stifel, David |
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| description | Chronic undernutrition in Ethiopia is widespread and many children consume highly monotonous diets. To improve feeding practices in Ethiopia, a strong focus in nutrition programming has been placed on improving the nutrition knowledge of caregivers. In this paper, we study the impact of improving nutrition knowledge within households and its complementarity with market access. To test whether the effect of nutrition knowledge on children’s dietary diversity depends on market access, we use survey data from an area with a large variation in transportation costs over a relatively short distance. This allows us to carefully assess the impact of households’ nutrition knowledge with varying access to markets, but still within similar agro-climatic conditions. We find that nutrition knowledge leads to considerable improvements in children’s diets, but only in areas with relatively good market access. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1464692025-11-06T07:14:06Z Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets Hirvonen, Kalle Hoddinott, John F. Minten, Bart Stifel, David food markets surveys malnutrition nutrition market access children food consumption diet dietary diversity Chronic undernutrition in Ethiopia is widespread and many children consume highly monotonous diets. To improve feeding practices in Ethiopia, a strong focus in nutrition programming has been placed on improving the nutrition knowledge of caregivers. In this paper, we study the impact of improving nutrition knowledge within households and its complementarity with market access. To test whether the effect of nutrition knowledge on children’s dietary diversity depends on market access, we use survey data from an area with a large variation in transportation costs over a relatively short distance. This allows us to carefully assess the impact of households’ nutrition knowledge with varying access to markets, but still within similar agro-climatic conditions. We find that nutrition knowledge leads to considerable improvements in children’s diets, but only in areas with relatively good market access. 2016-02-26 2024-06-21T09:07:10Z 2024-06-21T09:07:10Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146469 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146467 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Hirvonen, Kalle; Hoddinott, John F.; Minten, Bart; and Stifel, David. 2016. Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets. ESSP II Working Paper 84. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146469 |
| spellingShingle | food markets surveys malnutrition nutrition market access children food consumption diet dietary diversity Hirvonen, Kalle Hoddinott, John F. Minten, Bart Stifel, David Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets |
| title | Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets |
| title_full | Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets |
| title_short | Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets |
| title_sort | children s diets nutrition knowledge and access to markets |
| topic | food markets surveys malnutrition nutrition market access children food consumption diet dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146469 |
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