Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
We study the relationship between pre-school children’s food consumption and household agricultural production. Using a large household survey from rural Ethiopia, we find that increasing household production diversity leads to considerable improvements in children’s diet diversity. However, we also...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Hirvonen, Kalle Hoddinott, John F. |
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| description | We study the relationship between pre-school children’s food consumption and household agricultural production. Using a large household survey from rural Ethiopia, we find that increasing household production diversity leads to considerable improvements in children’s diet diversity. However, we also document how this non-separability of consumption and production does not hold for households that have access to food markets. These findings imply that nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions that push for market-integration are likely to be more effective in reducing undernutrition than those promoting production diversity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1509672025-11-06T07:40:50Z Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia Hirvonen, Kalle Hoddinott, John F. models households agricultural policies nutrition markets children food consumption diet dietary diversity We study the relationship between pre-school children’s food consumption and household agricultural production. Using a large household survey from rural Ethiopia, we find that increasing household production diversity leads to considerable improvements in children’s diet diversity. However, we also document how this non-separability of consumption and production does not hold for households that have access to food markets. These findings imply that nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions that push for market-integration are likely to be more effective in reducing undernutrition than those promoting production diversity. 2014 2024-08-01T02:54:33Z 2024-08-01T02:54:33Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150967 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150260 http://purl.umn.edu/211734 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Hirvonen, Kalle and Hoddinott, John F. 2014. Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia. ESSP II Working Paper 69. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150967 |
| spellingShingle | models households agricultural policies nutrition markets children food consumption diet dietary diversity Hirvonen, Kalle Hoddinott, John F. Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title | Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_full | Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_short | Agricultural production and children’s diets: Evidence from rural Ethiopia |
| title_sort | agricultural production and children s diets evidence from rural ethiopia |
| topic | models households agricultural policies nutrition markets children food consumption diet dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150967 |
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