Agricultural commercialization and nutrition: Evidence from smallholder coffee farmers

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dc.creatorvan Asselt, Joanna
dc.creatorUseche, Pilar
dc.date2022-11
dc.date2024-04-12T13:37:23Z
dc.date2024-04-12T13:37:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:28:30Z
dc.descriptionAgricultural commercialization, or the transition from growing crops for home consumption to growing some or all crops for sale, enables farmers to earn cash income that they can use to buy food in markets. This additional income may enable smallholders to purchase more healthy and/or unhealthy calories in the market, impacting their nutrition. While previous studies have examined the impact of commercialization on undernutrition, this study analyzes the impact of commercialization on overweight and obesity. Survey data from smallholder coffee farmers in rural Guatemala is used to estimate the impact of commercialization on body mass index for male and female household heads. Additionally, we explore the different pathways through which commercialization can impact nutrition, including household calorie availability, crop production, income, and gender. The empirical analysis employs an instrumental variable approach to control for endogeneity issues. Our estimation results suggest that commercialization, both in general and through dependence on coffee, leads to overweight and obesity in more commercialized households. Further, our analysis shows that while there is no relationship between commercialization of crops in general and household calorie availability, coffee dependence lowers household calorie availability. We also find that coffee dependent households decrease their production diversity and do not earn more agricultural income, both of which may negatively contribute to their nutrition. As rural areas become increasingly integrated with markets, understanding the transmission channels between agricultural commercialization and nutrition is critical.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/141164
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105496
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcevan Asselt, Joanna; and Useche, Pilar. 2022. Agricultural commercialization and nutrition: Evidence from smallholder coffee farmers. World Development 159(November 2022): 106021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106021
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectbody weight
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectcoffee
dc.subjectcommercialization
dc.subjectoverweight
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectagricultural trade
dc.titleAgricultural commercialization and nutrition: Evidence from smallholder coffee farmers
dc.typeJournal Article

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