An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya

Dairy intensification as a development strategy is expected to improve household nutrition, yet the pathways by which this occurs are not well understood. This article examines how women’s time use and decision-making patterns related to dairy income and consumption are associated with dairy intensi...

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Autores principales: Njuki, Jemimah, Wyatt, Amanda, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Yount, K., Null, C., Ramakrishnan, U., Girard, Amy W., Sreenath, S.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67914
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author Njuki, Jemimah
Wyatt, Amanda
Baltenweck, Isabelle
Yount, K.
Null, C.
Ramakrishnan, U.
Girard, Amy W.
Sreenath, S.
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Girard, Amy W.
Njuki, Jemimah
Null, C.
Ramakrishnan, U.
Sreenath, S.
Wyatt, Amanda
Yount, K.
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Wyatt, Amanda
Baltenweck, Isabelle
Yount, K.
Null, C.
Ramakrishnan, U.
Girard, Amy W.
Sreenath, S.
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description Dairy intensification as a development strategy is expected to improve household nutrition, yet the pathways by which this occurs are not well understood. This article examines how women’s time use and decision-making patterns related to dairy income and consumption are associated with dairy intensification, as a way of exploring the links between intensification and nutrition. Results from our mixed methods study conducted with households representing low, medium and high levels of dairy intensification in rural Kenya indicated that children in high-intensity households received more milk than children in medium-intensity households. While women seemed to be gaining control over evening milk sales decisions, men seemed to be increasingly controlling total dairy income, a trend countered by the increase in reported joint decision making. Women from medium-intensity households reported spending more time on dairy activities than women from high-intensity households. More research on how dairy interventions affect women is needed.
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spelling CGSpace679142025-04-01T16:15:53Z An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya Njuki, Jemimah Wyatt, Amanda Baltenweck, Isabelle Yount, K. Null, C. Ramakrishnan, U. Girard, Amy W. Sreenath, S. animal production dairies gender nutrition intensification decision making time use patterns dairy women Dairy intensification as a development strategy is expected to improve household nutrition, yet the pathways by which this occurs are not well understood. This article examines how women’s time use and decision-making patterns related to dairy income and consumption are associated with dairy intensification, as a way of exploring the links between intensification and nutrition. Results from our mixed methods study conducted with households representing low, medium and high levels of dairy intensification in rural Kenya indicated that children in high-intensity households received more milk than children in medium-intensity households. While women seemed to be gaining control over evening milk sales decisions, men seemed to be increasingly controlling total dairy income, a trend countered by the increase in reported joint decision making. Women from medium-intensity households reported spending more time on dairy activities than women from high-intensity households. More research on how dairy interventions affect women is needed. 2016-09 2015-08-15T05:40:04Z 2015-08-15T05:40:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67914 en Limited Access Springer Njuki, J.M., Wyatt, A., Baltenweck, I., Yount, K., Null, C., Ramakrishnan, U., Girard, A.W. and Sreenath, S. 2015. An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya. European Journal of Development Research
spellingShingle animal production
dairies
gender
nutrition
intensification
decision making
time use patterns
dairy
women
Njuki, Jemimah
Wyatt, Amanda
Baltenweck, Isabelle
Yount, K.
Null, C.
Ramakrishnan, U.
Girard, Amy W.
Sreenath, S.
An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya
title An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya
title_full An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya
title_fullStr An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya
title_short An exploratory study of dairying intensification, women’s decision making, and time use and implications for child nutrition in Kenya
title_sort exploratory study of dairying intensification women s decision making and time use and implications for child nutrition in kenya
topic animal production
dairies
gender
nutrition
intensification
decision making
time use patterns
dairy
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67914
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