Farm Production Diversity and Household Dietary Diversity: Panel Data Evidence From Rural Households in Tanzania

Farm Production Diversity and Dietary Diversity in Developing Countries

Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi

OBJECTIVE The association between farm production diversity and dietary diversity in rural smallholder households was recently analysed. Most existing studies build on household-level dietary diversity indicators calculated from 7d food consumption recalls. Herein, this association is revisited with individual-level 24 h recall data. The robustness of the results is tested by comparing househol...

Dietary Diversity and Rural Labor Productivity: Evidence from Pakistan

The relationship between rural labor productivity and food diversity was analyzed from the household consumption survey data of Pakistan. The dietary diversity improves nutritional balance of the diet, which enhances productivity through possible improvement in health. The elasticity of wage earning to food diversity was 0.77, far higher than corresponding elasticity for food expenditure at 0.1...

Access and Utilization of Government Health Facilities by Rural Farm Households: Evidence from Kogi State, Nigeria.

The study analyzed farm households’ access and utilization of government health facilities in Kogi State, Nigeria. Specifically, it described the socioeconomic characteristics of farm households, determined the level of accessibility to health facilities by farm households, and determined the factors that drive farm households’ utilization of government health facilities. A two staged random sa...

Determinants of dietary diversity and the potential role of men in improving household nutrition in Tanzania

Good nutrition is a prerequisite for a healthy and active life, especially for agriculture-dependent households. However, diets in most households in Tanzania lack diversity because the intake of meat, poultry, fish, and vegetables and fruits is low. This study estimates factors influencing dietary diversity of the household, children under five years, and women using primary survey data. It qu...