The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea
Rainfall fluctuations can significantly reduce welfare for poor rural households in low- and middle-income countries dependent on rainfed agriculture for consumption, and in some contexts these adverse effects may be borne disproportionately by vulnerable household members, particularly children an...
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| author | Leight, Jessica Mukerjee, Rishabh Schmidt, Emily |
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| description | Rainfall fluctuations can significantly reduce welfare for poor rural households in low- and middle-income countries dependent on rainfed agriculture for consumption, and in some contexts these adverse effects may be borne disproportionately by vulnerable household members, particularly children and girls. We present new evidence around the effects of rainfall fluctuations on child anthropometric status in Papua New Guinea, an understudied context characterized by some of the highest stunting rates in the world. We show that negative fluctuations in rainfall within a 12-month period are associated with reduced household consumption (driven by reduced consumption of own-produced food). Moreover, when these fluctuations are observed in the first year of a child’s life, they lead to a reduction in height forage and weight-for-age (though no shift in stunting), but this effect is observed only for girls: boys seem to be protected from the adverse effects of rainfall fluctuations experienced in infancy. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1765172026-01-06T20:41:30Z The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea Leight, Jessica Mukerjee, Rishabh Schmidt, Emily anthropometry children households less favoured areas rainfall patterns child stunting food security nutrition Rainfall fluctuations can significantly reduce welfare for poor rural households in low- and middle-income countries dependent on rainfed agriculture for consumption, and in some contexts these adverse effects may be borne disproportionately by vulnerable household members, particularly children and girls. We present new evidence around the effects of rainfall fluctuations on child anthropometric status in Papua New Guinea, an understudied context characterized by some of the highest stunting rates in the world. We show that negative fluctuations in rainfall within a 12-month period are associated with reduced household consumption (driven by reduced consumption of own-produced food). Moreover, when these fluctuations are observed in the first year of a child’s life, they lead to a reduction in height forage and weight-for-age (though no shift in stunting), but this effect is observed only for girls: boys seem to be protected from the adverse effects of rainfall fluctuations experienced in infancy. 2025-09-16 2025-09-16T18:36:04Z 2025-09-16T18:36:04Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176517 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140437 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173408 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174108 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140989 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Leight, Jessica; Mukerjee, Rishabh; and Schmidt, Emily. 2025. The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2358. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176517 |
| spellingShingle | anthropometry children households less favoured areas rainfall patterns child stunting food security nutrition Leight, Jessica Mukerjee, Rishabh Schmidt, Emily The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title | The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_full | The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_short | The gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition: Evidence from Papua New Guinea |
| title_sort | gendered effects of rainfall on early childhood nutrition evidence from papua new guinea |
| topic | anthropometry children households less favoured areas rainfall patterns child stunting food security nutrition |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176517 |
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