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Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia:
Hoddinott, John F.; Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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 … an important source of animal-based proteins and micronutrients for young children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762101
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The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F.; Ali, Disha; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet contrary to this stereotype, Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132694
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Understanding the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Nepal, 2001-2011:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Given recent interest in reducing undernutrition–particularly the role of nutrition-sensitive policies–this paper aims to quantitatively understand this surprising success story by analyzing the 2001, 2006, and 2011 rounds of Nepal’s Demographic Health Surveys. To do so, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132707
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Summary of Cows, missing milk markets and nutrition in rural Ethiopia:
Hoddinott, John F.; Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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 … an important source of animal-based proteins and micronutrients for young children. We find that cow ownership raises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132775
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Agriculture, nutrition, and the Green Revolution in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200214