Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh
Changing precipitation patterns caused by climate change are expected to have major impacts on food security and nutrition in agrarian areas in developing countries. However, the linkages between the duration and severity of precipitation shocks and their effects on child nutrition and household foo...
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| author | Cooper, Matthew Brown, Molly E. Azzarri, Carlo Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. |
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| description | Changing precipitation patterns caused by climate change are expected to have major impacts on food security and nutrition in agrarian areas in developing countries. However, the linkages between the duration and severity of precipitation shocks and their effects on child nutrition and household food security metrics remain underexplored. In this study, we used Feed the Future datasets from Ghana and Bangladesh to examine the impact of precipitation extremes on nutrition, measured by children’s height-for-age and weight-for-height Z-scores, and food security, measured by the Household Hunger Scale. We used a spatial error regression to control for the effects of spatial autocorrelation, and we found an association between precipitation shocks and household hunger in both Ghana and Bangladesh, as well as an association between higher rainfall and worse child nutrition in Ghana. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1471562025-02-19T13:42:41Z Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh Cooper, Matthew Brown, Molly E. Azzarri, Carlo Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. child nutrition regression analysis capacity development hunger precipitation nutrition famine food security climate change Changing precipitation patterns caused by climate change are expected to have major impacts on food security and nutrition in agrarian areas in developing countries. However, the linkages between the duration and severity of precipitation shocks and their effects on child nutrition and household food security metrics remain underexplored. In this study, we used Feed the Future datasets from Ghana and Bangladesh to examine the impact of precipitation extremes on nutrition, measured by children’s height-for-age and weight-for-height Z-scores, and food security, measured by the Household Hunger Scale. We used a spatial error regression to control for the effects of spatial autocorrelation, and we found an association between precipitation shocks and household hunger in both Ghana and Bangladesh, as well as an association between higher rainfall and worse child nutrition in Ghana. 2019-08-08 2024-06-21T09:11:39Z 2024-06-21T09:11:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147156 en Open Access Springer Cooper, Matthew; Brown, Molly E.; Azzarri, Carlo; and Meinzen-Dick, Ruth. 2019. Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh. Population and Environment 41: 151-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-019-00323-8 |
| spellingShingle | child nutrition regression analysis capacity development hunger precipitation nutrition famine food security climate change Cooper, Matthew Brown, Molly E. Azzarri, Carlo Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh |
| title | Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh |
| title_full | Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh |
| title_short | Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh |
| title_sort | hunger nutrition and precipitation evidence from ghana and bangladesh |
| topic | child nutrition regression analysis capacity development hunger precipitation nutrition famine food security climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147156 |
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