Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems?

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen
cg.creator.identifierPatrick S Ward: 0000-0001-8793-1200en
cg.creator.identifierSimrin Makhija: 0000-0002-4864-7722en
cg.creator.identifierDavid J. Spielman: 0000-0002-6889-7358en
cg.creator.identifierMuzna Alvi: 0000-0003-2829-2327en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133268en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Environment and Production Technology Divisionen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Technical Assistance and Research for Indian Nutrition and Agriculture (TARINA)en
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.number1839en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorAlvi, Muznaen
dc.contributor.authorWard, Patrick S.en
dc.contributor.authorMakhija, Simrinen
dc.contributor.authorSpielman, David J.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:08:44Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:08:44Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146783
dc.titleDo grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems?en
dcterms.abstractIn many developing countries, agricultural policies and programs are often designed in a way to promote productivity growth with modern inputs and technologies, and with limited reference to the nutrition gains that can be made through production diversification. We test whether grassroots programs can relax behavioral constraints inhibiting the adoption of diversified nutrition-sensitive production systems. We use a series of lab-in-field experiments and survey instruments in Odisha, India to elicit male and female farmers’ preferences for risk, aversion to loss, empowerment and aspirations for one’s self and children. We find that respondents in villages where grassroots interventions were promoted showed significantly lower levels of risk aversion, higher levels of loss aversion and higher aspirations for themselves and their children, along with improvements in production and consumption diversity. Insights into the prevalence of behavioral constraints and interventions that relax such constraints fills an important knowledge gap in how to design programs that promote more nutrition-sensitive food production systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAlvi, Muzna; Ward, Patrick S.; Makhija, Simrin; and Spielman, David J. 2019. Do grassroots interventions relax behavioral constraints to the adoption of nutrition-sensitive food production systems? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1839. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146783en
dcterms.extent45 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2019-05-25en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133268en
dcterms.subjectproduction systemsen
dcterms.subjectpublic goodsen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectgrassroots organizationsen
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productivityen
dcterms.subjectdiversificationen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectdietary diversityen
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen

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