Are determinants of rural and urban food security and nutritional status different?: some insights from Mozambique
No hay miniatura disponible
Fecha
Autores
Título de la revista
ISSN de la revista
Título del volumen
Editor
International Food Policy Research Institute
Resumen
Descripción
Undernutrition of children 0-60 months old in Mozambique is much higher in rural than in urban areas. Food security is about the same, although substantial regional differences exist. Given these outcomes, we hypothesized that the determinants of food security and nutritional status in rural and urban areas of Mozambique would differ as well. Yet we find that the determinants of food insecurity and malnutrition, and the magnitudes of their effects, are very nearly the same. The difference in observed outcomes appears primarily due to differences in the levels of critical determinants rather than in the nature of the determinants themselves.
Palabras clave
nutrition, nutritional status, rural conditions, analysis, urban development, rural poor, food security, rural urban relations, livelihoods