This study uses the panel data of a randomized experiment from the Mexican PROGRESA program to evaluate the impact of drought on total calorie availability and the mitigating effects of PROGRESA on food consumption in periods of drought. Drought reduced total expenditures and total food...

This paper exploits the panel data of a randomized experiment from PROGRESA program to evaluate the impact of droughts on food consumption and the mitigating effects of the conditional cash transfer program on such impacts. Drought reduces caloric availability from vegetables, fruits and animal...