Synopsis: Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets

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dc.creatorHirvonen, Kalle
dc.creatorHoddinott, John F.
dc.creatorMinten, Bart
dc.creatorStifel, David
dc.date2016-03-04
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:23Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:23:06Z
dc.descriptionChronic undernutrition in Ethiopia is widespread and many children consume highly monotonous diets. To improve feeding practices in Ethiopia, a strong focus in nutrition programming has been placed on improving the nutrition knowledge of caregivers. In this paper, we study the impact of improving nutrition knowledge within households and its complementarity with market access. To test whether the effect of nutrition knowledge on children’s dietary diversity depends on market access, we use survey data from an area with a large variation in transportation costs over a relatively short distance. This allows us to carefully assess the impact of households’ nutrition knowledge with varying access to markets, but still within similar agro-climatic conditions. We find that nutrition knowledge leads to considerable improvements in children’s diets, but only in areas with relatively good market access.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148334
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102786
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.publisherEthiopian Development Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146469
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHirvonen, Kalle; Hoddinott, John F.; Minten, Bart; and Stifel, David. 2016. Synopsis: Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets. ESSP II Research Note 50. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148334
dc.subjectfood markets
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectdietary diversity
dc.titleSynopsis: Children’s diets, nutrition knowledge, and access to markets
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