Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh

This paper therefore analyzes agriculture and nutrition linkages in Bangladesh, a country that achieved rapid growth in rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asia’s Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against undernutrition. To do so the authors create a synthetic panel that a...

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Main Authors: Headey, Derek D., Hoddinott, John F.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150998
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description This paper therefore analyzes agriculture and nutrition linkages in Bangladesh, a country that achieved rapid growth in rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asia’s Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against undernutrition. To do so the authors create a synthetic panel that aggregates nutritional data from five rounds of the Demographic Health Surveys (1997 to 2011) with district-level estimates of rice yields. Using various panel estimators, they find rice yields significantly explain weight gain in young children but not linear growth. The authors further show that rice yields have large and positive effects on the timely introduction of complementary foods for young children but not on dietary diversity indicators and that this complementary feeding indicator is positively associated with child weight gain but not with linear growth.
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spelling CGSpace1509982025-11-06T05:31:47Z Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh Headey, Derek D. Hoddinott, John F. undernutrition nutrition policies agricultural policies rice malnutrition nutrition productivity children agricultural development green revolution micronutrients diet resilience This paper therefore analyzes agriculture and nutrition linkages in Bangladesh, a country that achieved rapid growth in rice productivity at a relatively late stage in Asia’s Green Revolution, as well as unheralded progress against undernutrition. To do so the authors create a synthetic panel that aggregates nutritional data from five rounds of the Demographic Health Surveys (1997 to 2011) with district-level estimates of rice yields. Using various panel estimators, they find rice yields significantly explain weight gain in young children but not linear growth. The authors further show that rice yields have large and positive effects on the timely introduction of complementary foods for young children but not on dietary diversity indicators and that this complementary feeding indicator is positively associated with child weight gain but not with linear growth. 2015-03-06 2024-08-01T02:54:44Z 2024-08-01T02:54:44Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150998 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150404 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150408 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150511 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.001 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Headey, Derek D. and Hoddinott, John F. 2015. Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1423. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150998
spellingShingle undernutrition
nutrition policies
agricultural policies
rice
malnutrition
nutrition
productivity
children
agricultural development
green revolution
micronutrients
diet
resilience
Headey, Derek D.
Hoddinott, John F.
Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh
title Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh
title_full Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh
title_short Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh
title_sort agriculture nutrition and the green revolution in bangladesh
topic undernutrition
nutrition policies
agricultural policies
rice
malnutrition
nutrition
productivity
children
agricultural development
green revolution
micronutrients
diet
resilience
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