Can agricultural interventions improve child nutrition? Evidence from Tanzania
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Can agricultural interventions improve child nutrition? Evidence from Tanzania. / Larsen, Anna Folke; Lilleør, Helene Bie.
In: World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 31, No. 3, 23.03.2016, p. 767–785.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Can agricultural interventions improve child nutrition? Evidence from Tanzania
AU - Larsen, Anna Folke
AU - Lilleør, Helene Bie
PY - 2016/3/23
Y1 - 2016/3/23
N2 - Severely reduced height-for-age due to undernutrition is widespread in young African children, with serious implications for their health and later economic productivity. It is primarily caused by growth faltering due to hunger spells in critical periods of early child development. We assess the impact on early childhood nutrition, measured as height-for-age, of an agricultural intervention that improved food security among smallholder farmers by providing them with a “basket” of new technology options. We find that height-for-age measures among children from participating households increased by about 0.9 standard deviations and the incidence of stunting among them decreased by about 18 percentage points.
AB - Severely reduced height-for-age due to undernutrition is widespread in young African children, with serious implications for their health and later economic productivity. It is primarily caused by growth faltering due to hunger spells in critical periods of early child development. We assess the impact on early childhood nutrition, measured as height-for-age, of an agricultural intervention that improved food security among smallholder farmers by providing them with a “basket” of new technology options. We find that height-for-age measures among children from participating households increased by about 0.9 standard deviations and the incidence of stunting among them decreased by about 18 percentage points.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - height-for-age
KW - nutrition
KW - agriculture
KW - Tanzania
KW - Africa
KW - I15
KW - O13
KW - Q16
U2 - 10.1093/wber/lhw006
DO - 10.1093/wber/lhw006
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 767
EP - 785
JO - World Bank Economic Review
JF - World Bank Economic Review
SN - 0258-6770
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 153728040