Evaluation of the RIPAT concept

Aben, Charles; Duveskog, Deborah; Friis-Hansen, Esbern

doi:10.3362/9781780447742.006

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“…through local farmer groups. The intervention is similar to the Farmer Field Schools approach, the main differences are outlined in Aben et al (2013). Participation in RIPAT is not random.…”

Section: The Agricultural Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Agricultural Interventions Improve Child Nutrition? Evidence from Tanzania

Larsen¹,

Lilleør²

2016

World Bank Econ Rev

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Severely reduced height-for-age due to undernutrition is widespread in young African children, with serious implications for their health and later economic productivity. It is primarily caused by growth faltering due to hunger spells in critical periods of early child development. We assess the impact on early childhood nutrition, measured as height-for-age, of an agricultural intervention that improved food security among smallholder farmers by providing them with a "basket" of new technology options. We find that height-for-age measures among children from participating households increased by about 0.9 standard deviations and the incidence of stunting among them decreased by about 18 percentage points. JEL classification: I15, O13, Q16Undernutrition is widespread and a key reason for poor child health in many developing countries. In Sub-Saharan Africa, around 40 percent of children under the age of five suffer from stunted growth, that is, severely reduced height-for-age relative to their growth potential (de Onis et al. 2011). Stunting is a result of periods of undernutrition in early childhood, and it has been found to have a series of adverse long-term effects in those who survive childhood. It is negatively associated with mental development

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Section: The Agricultural Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%