Agricultural production diversity and child nutrition in Ethiopia

Abstract This study investigates how two aspects of agricultural production diversity – farm and composition relate to child height-for-age weight-for-height in Ethiopia. We use longitudinal data on anthropometric measurements, household from the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey for 2011, 2013, 2015 available through World Bank. Using fixed effects models, we show that an increase reduces risk chronic food insecurity (child height-for-age) but has no impact acute measures weight-for-height). Results also suggest that, a context poor rainfall, more can adversely height-for-age, although livestock sales might mitigate detrimental effect. These findings highlight importance considering relationship between farm-level nutrition climate change.