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Exploring the Agriculture-Nutrition Linkage in Northern Ghana

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Title Exploring the Agriculture-Nutrition Linkage in Northern Ghana
 
Creator Signorelli, Sara
Haile, Beliyou
Kotu, Bekele Hundie
 
Subject diets
market access
nutrition
malnutrition
food security
ghana
 
Description Despite progresses over the last few decades, undernutrition is widespread across Africa south of the Sahara. While agricultural interventions have traditionally focused on enhancing yields of few staple crops, there is increased interest on the role of production diversity in enhancing the dietary quality of subsistence farm households. This study examines the effects of on-farm production diversity and productivity on household dietary diversity using primary data from Ghana, where a sustainable intensification program is being implemented. In addition, it assesses possible heterogeneity in the effect of production diversity by market access. Identification is based on instrumental variables ‒ to account for possible simultaneity between production and consumption decisions ‒ and propensity score weighting‒to account for potential self-selection into the program. Both productivity and production diversity positively affect dietary diversity, with the effect of the latter getting stronger the farther away the daily market is, suggesting the importance of production diversity in settings with limited access to markets.
 
Date 2017-12-23
2020-08-19T10:21:29Z
2020-08-19T10:21:29Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Signorelli, S., Haile, B., and Kotu, B. 2017. Exploring the agriculture-nutrition linkage in northern Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1697. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109035
https://www.ifpri.org/publication/exploring-agriculture-nutrition-linkage-northern-ghana
NUTRITION & HUMAN HEALTH
SOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 42 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute