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The effect of women's nutrition knowledge and empowerment on child nutrition outcomes in rural Ethiopia

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https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12668
doi:10.1111/agec.12668
 
Title The effect of women's nutrition knowledge and empowerment on child nutrition outcomes in rural Ethiopia
 
Creator Melesse, M B
 
Subject Rural Development
Food and Nutrition
Gender Research
 
Description Child malnutrition remains widespread in Ethiopia. Women’s nutrition knowledge
and empowerment are emphasized as key impact pathways for nutrition sensitive
programs and interventions. This paper examines effects of women’s
nutrition knowledge and empowerment on child nutrition outcomes using survey
data from rural Ethiopia. Employing econometric strategies that account
for potential endogeneity concerns, nutrition knowledge, and empowerment are
found to have strong and significant effects on children’s dietary diversity and
stunting. Their interaction is significantly correlated only with stunting, perhaps
suggesting the importance of the interaction between nutrition knowledge
and empowerment for long-term nutrition outcomes.Adisaggregated analysis of
empowerment reveals that empowering women in household agricultural decisions
and increasing their access to and control of economic resources are more
promising for improving child nutrition.Overall, the findings suggest that efforts
targeting to improve child nutrition in Ethiopia need to be complemented by
efforts to improve women’s nutrition knowledge and empowerment.
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Date 2021-07
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11868/1/Melesse%202021-Agricultural%20Economics.pdf
Melesse, M B (2021) The effect of women's nutrition knowledge and empowerment on child nutrition outcomes in rural Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics (TSI). pp. 1-17. ISSN 0169-5150