Agricultural diversity and child stunting in Nepal

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.coverage.countryNepal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NP
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2015.1018900en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0022-0388en
cg.issn1743-9140en
cg.issue8en
cg.journalJournal of Development Studiesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume51en
dc.contributor.authorShively, Gerald E.en
dc.contributor.authorSununtnasuk, Celesteen
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:54:29Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:54:29Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150953
dc.titleAgricultural diversity and child stunting in Nepalen
dcterms.abstractThis article investigates empirical connections between agriculture and child nutrition in Nepal. We augment the standard approach to explaining child nutrition outcomes by including information about household level agricultural production characteristics, including indicators of agricultural diversity. Data from the 2010/2011 Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS) are used in a series of regression models to explain stunting outcomes and variation in height-for-age Z-scores among 1,769 children 0–59 months of age. Results highlight the relative importance of overall agricultural yields, specific crop groups, and the consumption of own-production as factors correlated with long-term nutrition among children of different age groups. We find a small positive association between the degree of commercial market-orientation of households and child HAZ, but only among children under 24 months of age.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationShively, Gerald E.; and Sununtnasuk, Celeste. 2015. Agricultural diversity and child stunting in Nepal. The Journal of Development Studies. Special Issue: Farm-level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status. 51(8):1078 - 1096. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2015.1018900en
dcterms.extentpp. 1078-1096en
dcterms.issued2015-09-04
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/5011en
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectyieldsen
dcterms.subjectagricultural diversityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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