Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems?
In many developing countries, agricultural policies and programs are often designed in a way to promote productivity growth with modern inputs and technologies, and with limited reference to the nutrition gains that can be made through production diversification. We test whether grassroots programs...
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| author | Alvi, Muzna Ward, Patrick S. Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. |
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| description | In many developing countries, agricultural policies and programs are often designed in a way to promote productivity growth with modern inputs and technologies, and with limited reference to the nutrition gains that can be made through production diversification. We test whether grassroots programs can relax behavioral constraints inhibiting the adoption of diversified nutrition-sensitive production systems. We use a series of lab-in-field experiments and survey instruments in Odisha, India to elicit male and female farmers’ preferences for risk, aversion to loss, empowerment and aspirations for one’s self and children. We find that respondents in villages where grassroots interventions were promoted showed significantly lower levels of risk aversion, higher levels of loss aversion and higher aspirations for themselves and their children, along with improvements in production and consumption diversity. Insights into the prevalence of behavioral constraints and interventions that relax such constraints fills an important knowledge gap in how to design programs that promote more nutrition-sensitive food production systems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1467832025-11-06T07:14:40Z Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? Alvi, Muzna Ward, Patrick S. Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. production systems public goods capacity development nutrition grassroots organizations agrifood systems agricultural productivity diversification food systems dietary diversity In many developing countries, agricultural policies and programs are often designed in a way to promote productivity growth with modern inputs and technologies, and with limited reference to the nutrition gains that can be made through production diversification. We test whether grassroots programs can relax behavioral constraints inhibiting the adoption of diversified nutrition-sensitive production systems. We use a series of lab-in-field experiments and survey instruments in Odisha, India to elicit male and female farmers’ preferences for risk, aversion to loss, empowerment and aspirations for one’s self and children. We find that respondents in villages where grassroots interventions were promoted showed significantly lower levels of risk aversion, higher levels of loss aversion and higher aspirations for themselves and their children, along with improvements in production and consumption diversity. Insights into the prevalence of behavioral constraints and interventions that relax such constraints fills an important knowledge gap in how to design programs that promote more nutrition-sensitive food production systems. 2019-05-25 2024-06-21T09:08:44Z 2024-06-21T09:08:44Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146783 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Alvi, Muzna; Ward, Patrick S.; Makhija, Simrin; and Spielman, David J. 2019. Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1839. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146783 |
| spellingShingle | production systems public goods capacity development nutrition grassroots organizations agrifood systems agricultural productivity diversification food systems dietary diversity Alvi, Muzna Ward, Patrick S. Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? |
| title | Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? |
| title_full | Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? |
| title_fullStr | Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? |
| title_short | Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? |
| title_sort | do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition sensitive food production systems |
| topic | production systems public goods capacity development nutrition grassroots organizations agrifood systems agricultural productivity diversification food systems dietary diversity |
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