Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierCarlo Azzarri: 0000-0002-0345-1304
cg.creator.identifierRuth Meinzen-Dick: 0000-0003-4782-3074
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-019-00323-8en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Knowledge Lab on Climate-Resilient Food Systems
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - HarvestChoice
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Gender, Climate Change and Nutrition Integration Initiative (GCAN)
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0199-0039en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalPopulation and Environmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume41en
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Matthewen
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Molly E.en
dc.contributor.authorAzzarri, Carloen
dc.contributor.authorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:11:39Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:11:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147156
dc.titleHunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladeshen
dcterms.abstractChanging precipitation patterns caused by climate change are expected to have major impacts on food security and nutrition in agrarian areas in developing countries. However, the linkages between the duration and severity of precipitation shocks and their effects on child nutrition and household food security metrics remain underexplored. In this study, we used Feed the Future datasets from Ghana and Bangladesh to examine the impact of precipitation extremes on nutrition, measured by children’s height-for-age and weight-for-height Z-scores, and food security, measured by the Household Hunger Scale. We used a spatial error regression to control for the effects of spatial autocorrelation, and we found an association between precipitation shocks and household hunger in both Ghana and Bangladesh, as well as an association between higher rainfall and worse child nutrition in Ghana.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2019-11-14
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCooper, Matthew; Brown, Molly E.; Azzarri, Carlo; and Meinzen-Dick, Ruth. 2019. Hunger, nutrition, and precipitation: Evidence from Ghana and Bangladesh. Population and Environment 41: 151-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-019-00323-8en
dcterms.extentpp. 151-208en
dcterms.issued2019-08-08
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6788en
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjectregression analysisen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjecthungeren
dcterms.subjectprecipitationen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectfamineen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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