Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia
In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets to have direct dietary impacts on nutrition in addition to any...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Hoddinott, John F. Headey, Derek D. Dereje, Mekdim |
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| description | In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets to have direct dietary impacts on nutrition in addition to any indirect effects via income. We test this hypothesis for the dairy sector in rural Ethiopia, a context in which markets are very thin, own-consumption shares are very high, and milk is an important source of animal-based proteins and micronutrients for young children. We find that cow ownership raises children’s milk consumption, increases linear growth, and reduces stunting in children by seven to nine percentage points. However, we also find that the direct nutritional impacts of household cow ownership are less important where there is good access to local markets, suggesting that market development can substitute for household cow ownership. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1502362025-11-06T06:08:52Z Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia Hoddinott, John F. Headey, Derek D. Dereje, Mekdim milk production child nutrition stunting smallholders malnutrition markets nutrition dairying children livestock In rural economies encumbered by significant market imperfections, farming decisions may partly be motivated by nutritional considerations, in addition to income and risk factors. These imperfections create the potential for farm assets to have direct dietary impacts on nutrition in addition to any indirect effects via income. We test this hypothesis for the dairy sector in rural Ethiopia, a context in which markets are very thin, own-consumption shares are very high, and milk is an important source of animal-based proteins and micronutrients for young children. We find that cow ownership raises children’s milk consumption, increases linear growth, and reduces stunting in children by seven to nine percentage points. However, we also find that the direct nutritional impacts of household cow ownership are less important where there is good access to local markets, suggesting that market development can substitute for household cow ownership. 2014 2024-08-01T02:51:06Z 2024-08-01T02:51:06Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150236 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151289 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Hoddinott, John F.; Headey, Derek D. and Dereje, Mekdim. 2014. Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia. ESSP II Research Note 28. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150236 |
| spellingShingle | milk production child nutrition stunting smallholders malnutrition markets nutrition dairying children livestock Hoddinott, John F. Headey, Derek D. Dereje, Mekdim Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia |
| title | Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full | Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia |
| title_short | Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia |
| title_sort | summary of cows missing milk markets and nutrition in rural ethiopia |
| topic | milk production child nutrition stunting smallholders malnutrition markets nutrition dairying children livestock |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150236 |
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