Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity and Climate Variability

Nonseparable household models outline the interlinkage between agricultural production and household consumption, yet empirical extensions to investigate the effect of production on dietary diversity and diet composition are limited. While a significant literature has investigated the calorie-income...

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Main Authors:	Dillon, Andrew, McGee, Kevin, Oseni, Gbemisola
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	household consumption agricultural productivity nutrition
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23513

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spelling	okr-10986-235132021-04-23T14:04:15Z Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity and Climate Variability Dillon, Andrew McGee, Kevin Oseni, Gbemisola household consumption agricultural productivity nutrition Nonseparable household models outline the interlinkage between agricultural production and household consumption, yet empirical extensions to investigate the effect of production on dietary diversity and diet composition are limited. While a significant literature has investigated the calorie-income elasticity abstracting from production, this paper provides an empirical application of the nonseparable household model linking the effect of exogenous variation in planting season production decisions via climate variability on household dietary diversity. Using degree days, rainfall and agricultural capital stocks as instruments, the effect of production on household dietary diversity at harvest is estimated. The empirical specifications estimate production effects on dietary diversity using both agricultural revenue and crop production diversity. Significant effects of both agricultural revenue and crop production diversity on dietary diversity are estimated. The dietary diversity-production elasticities imply that a 10 per cent increase in agricultural revenue or crop diversity result in a 1.8 per cent or 2.4 per cent increase in dietary diversity respectively. These results illustrate that agricultural income growth or increased crop diversity may not be sufficient to ensure improved dietary diversity. Increases in agricultural revenue do change diet composition. Estimates of the effect of agricultural income on share of calories by food groups indicate relatively large changes in diet composition. On average, a 10 per cent increase in agricultural revenue makes households 7.2 per cent more likely to consume vegetables, 3.5 per cent more likely to consume fish, and increases the share of tubers consumed by 5.2 per cent. 2015-12-24T16:49:45Z 2015-12-24T16:49:45Z 2015-09-01 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23513 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Nigeria
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description	Nonseparable household models outline the interlinkage between agricultural production and household consumption, yet empirical extensions to investigate the effect of production on dietary diversity and diet composition are limited. While a significant literature has investigated the calorie-income elasticity abstracting from production, this paper provides an empirical application of the nonseparable household model linking the effect of exogenous variation in planting season production decisions via climate variability on household dietary diversity. Using degree days, rainfall and agricultural capital stocks as instruments, the effect of production on household dietary diversity at harvest is estimated. The empirical specifications estimate production effects on dietary diversity using both agricultural revenue and crop production diversity. Significant effects of both agricultural revenue and crop production diversity on dietary diversity are estimated. The dietary diversity-production elasticities imply that a 10 per cent increase in agricultural revenue or crop diversity result in a 1.8 per cent or 2.4 per cent increase in dietary diversity respectively. These results illustrate that agricultural income growth or increased crop diversity may not be sufficient to ensure improved dietary diversity. Increases in agricultural revenue do change diet composition. Estimates of the effect of agricultural income on share of calories by food groups indicate relatively large changes in diet composition. On average, a 10 per cent increase in agricultural revenue makes households 7.2 per cent more likely to consume vegetables, 3.5 per cent more likely to consume fish, and increases the share of tubers consumed by 5.2 per cent.
format	Journal Article
author	Dillon, Andrew McGee, Kevin Oseni, Gbemisola
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title	Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity and Climate Variability
title_short	Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity and Climate Variability
title_full	Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity and Climate Variability
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title_full_unstemmed	Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity and Climate Variability
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Agricultural Production, Dietary Diversity and Climate Variability

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