Determinants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: the role of improved maize varieties

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-015-0541-yen
cg.identifier.iitathemeNUTRITION & HUMAN HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1876-4517en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalFood Securityen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaMAIZEen
cg.subject.iitaNUTRITIONen
cg.volume8en
dc.contributor.authorManda, J.en
dc.contributor.authorGardebroek, C.en
dc.contributor.authorKhonje, M.G.en
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.en
dc.contributor.authorMutenje, M.en
dc.contributor.authorKassie, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-20T15:07:16Zen
dc.date.available2016-05-20T15:07:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/73657
dc.titleDeterminants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: the role of improved maize varietiesen
dcterms.abstractUsing household survey data from a sample of 810 households, this paper analyses the determinants of children’s nutritional status and evaluates the impacts of improved maize varieties on child malnutrition in eastern Zambia. The paper uses an endogenous switching regression technique, combined with propensity score matching, to assess the determinants of child malnutrition and impacts of improved maize varieties on nutritional status. The study finds that child nutrition worsens with the age of the child and improves with education of household head and female household members, number of adult females in the household, and access to better sanitation. The study also finds a robust and significant impact of improved maize varieties on child malnutrition. The empirical results indicate that adoption of improved maize varieties reduces the probability of stunting by an average of about 26%.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2015-12-17
dcterms.bibliographicCitationManda, J., Gardebroek, C., Khonje, M.G., Alene, A., Mutenje, M. & Kassie, M. (2016). Determinants of child nutritional status in the eastern province of Zambia: the role of improved maize varieties. Food Security, 8, 239-253.en
dcterms.extent239-253en
dcterms.issued2016-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectmalnutritionen
dcterms.subjectnutrition surveyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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