Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages, Cooking-Time, Intrahousehold Equality Among Women and Children: Evidence from Tajikistan

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Akramov, Kamiljon T.; Park, Allen; Ilyasov, Jarilkasin; Ergasheva, Tanzila

doi:10.1057/s41287-021-00379-z

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“…It expresses that households positively associate DDS with their own fruit-vegetable production but less economic access for these food groups. Similar results were found in many developing countries [19][20][21]. Survey results showed high consumption of bread and grain-based products, oil and fat, and sweets as traditional Uzbek high energy-dense diet.…”

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10.8% of the population in the world, or more than 840 million people, are undernourished. The report of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) states that although population growth has been slowing down in recent years, this growth is expected to increase in some countries until 2050. There is a high emergency of increasing food insecurity all over the world. In the case of Uzbekistan, the population is growing rapidly annually. Yet, in the country prevalence of both obesity and overweight are increasing. Additionally, micronutrient deficiencies remain high for women of reproductive age and children. In this article, one of the best indicators of food security in respect of food access is the Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) used to analyze and spread healthy diets in rural households of the Samarkand region. A total of 140 observations were taken from rural households. The mean Households DDS was 8.2. Results indicated most of the food groups consumed through their own production. However, more than 50% of all members in the households did not consume fruits, greens, pulses, and legumes due to a lack of food access. It seems there is a positive correlation between dietary diversity and own production in some circumstances, but not in all cases. In that case, own production is positively associated with dietary diversity in some situations, but not an absolute. Nevertheless, appropriate nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs will encourage both food production and consumption. Analysis shows nutrition information has a significant role in improving DDS. Promoting nutrition education via interventions, for example, information on healthy eating and a well-balanced diet through mass media, educational institution curriculum, and field days to upgrade better nutrition at household and individual levels.

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“…Importantly, as was mentioned above, since our labour variables focus exclusively on productive economic activities, it is unlikely that our results are erroneously capturing unintended increases by women in household work (such as household duties including caring for household members, collecting firewood and water, among others). In addition, our analyses also account for other unobserved variations in respondents' needs to engage in household work by including variables such as marital status, the presence of biological children, and household demographics, which affect the relative ratio of household services providers (often working‐age women and older girls) and others that rely on these household services (younger children, elderly members, and males) (e.g., Takeshima et al, 2022; Zycherman, 2013).…”

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Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro‐evidence from multi‐country farm household data

Takeshima

2023

J Agricultural Economics

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The gender difference in employment across sectors is a critical element of gender inequality in rural livelihoods and welfare in developing countries. The role of production technologies, including agricultural mechanisation, in addressing gender inequality is increasingly explored. Knowledge gaps remain, however, including how agricultural mechanisation differentially affects labour engagements across sectors. This study aims to partly fill these knowledge gaps through micro‐evidence from seven countries (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, Nepal and Vietnam), using several nationally representative panel data and supplementary data and applying correlated random effects double‐hurdle models with instrumental variables. We find that the use of tractors and/or combine harvesters by the household induces a greater shift from farm activities to non‐farm activities by female members than by male members. While statistical significance varies, these patterns generally hold consistently across all seven countries studied. These patterns also hold across different farm sizes. While these are short‐term relations, agricultural mechanisation proxied by tractors and/or combine harvesters is one of the crucial contributors to gendered rural livelihood. Future studies should more closely investigate these patterns' underlying mechanisms and implications.

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Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages, Cooking-Time, Intrahousehold Equality Among Women and Children: Evidence from Tajikistan

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Dietary diversity for ensuring food security

Dietary diversity for ensuring food security

Agricultural mechanisation and gendered labour activities across sectors: Micro‐evidence from multi‐country farm household data

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