The welfare impact of rising food prices

Dimova, Ralitza

doi:10.15185/izawol.135

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“…2 This safety net does not reach all those eligible for such grants including those defined as "seriously hungry". 3 Rising food prices can exacerbate poverty, inequality and food insecurity when the poor are net food consumers (consume more than they produce), 4 which is the case for the majority of South Africans.…”

Section: Rising Food Prices and Household Food Securitymentioning

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Rising food prices and household food security

Faber

Drimie

2016

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Rising food prices and household food security

Faber

Drimie

2016

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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“…In general, the constrained diet produces more realistic solutions for the least-cost diet because the food size portion constraints more accurately represent the food habits of Ugandan households. 2 The main limitation in obtaining a least-cost diet using the researchers' LP approach is the number of food items from which the least-cost basket can be constructed. For example, staples such as sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes and sorghum are important in some regions of Uganda but cannot be included in the analysis because of incomplete or unavailable price data.…”

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“…This run up in food prices, which was experienced not only in Uganda but elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond, sparked concerns in academic and policy circles, as well as the popular press, about the effect of high food prices on food security and human nutrition [1,2]. When food prices increase, households often turn to cheaper and inferior sources of calories and nutrients, affecting not only overall food consumption but also diet quality and diversity, with potentially serious consequences for the nutrition and health of pregnant women, infants and young children [3,4].…”

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Charting the cost of nutritionally-adequate diets in Uganda, 2000-2011

Omiat¹,

Shively²

2017

AJFAND

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Although malnutrition rates have been on the decline in Uganda over the past two decades, they remain high. Challenges to achieving nutritional improvements result, in part, from high staple foods prices, which raise the cost of the food basket and increase the risk of food and nutrition insecurity, especially for poor households who are net buyers of staple foods. Nearly two-thirds of Ugandan households are net buyers of staples, a pattern that highlights the potential importance of food prices as a key driver of food insecurity. During 2007-2008 the country experienced particularly sharp increases in the prices of staple foods. This paper examines how price changes influenced the cost of obtaining a nutritionally-adequate diet in Uganda. Diet costs are measured across five representative locations over the period 2000 to 2011. A linear programming model and observed monthly food prices are used to compute the lowest-cost diets in five major markets for an adult male and adult female aged 19-50. The diet costs are computed under two scenarios: (i) subject to a range of nutrient-specific constraints (a basic diet), and (ii) with allowance for palatability constraints (a constrained diet). To compare food costs over time, prices are deflated using the monthly consumer price index (CPI). Food prices are converted to prices per 100 gram portions, so as to maintain consistency with units of nutrient composition for given food items. The diet cost is compared to the Ugandan poverty line over time. The real cost of obtaining a nutritionally-adequate diet with palatability constraints grew at a rate of three to nine percent per year per annum over the period 2000 to 2011. Diet costs (with palatability constraints) have exceeded the poverty line for most years since 2000, with the gap widening in the period [2007][2008]. Results highlight the importance of food prices to overall nutrition, and document spatial heterogeneity in diet costs in Uganda. Findings underscore the importance of developing and supporting interventions that raise the purchasing power of the poor and increase nutrition education and outreach aimed at cost-effectively achieving dietary diversity. These results are limited by the fact that the researchers did not have data for vegetables, sweet potatoes, and sorghum (all commonly-consumed staples) as well as fats, oils, sugar and animal products.

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“…Studies have analyzed the welfare implications of increasing staple food crop prices in other sectors, such as maize and rice, and have come to diverse conclusions (Dimova, 2015;Zezza et al, 2008). Some authors find a significant negative effect of higher staple food prices on food consumption ( (Strauss, 1984), Mexico (Taylor and Adelman, 2002), and Bangladesh (Quayes and Rashid, 2008).…”

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Price volatility and quinoa consumption among smallholder producers in the Andes

Gamboa¹,

Schuster²,

Schrevens³

et al. 2020

Sci. agropecu

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The recent attention to quinoa as nutritious food is changing the way the crop is produced and consumed by smallholders in the Andes. Price spikes and increased volatility in international quinoa prices have created a concern about quinoa consumption among Andean farm-households. The farm-household theory was used to investigate how food price changes affect household consumption and production decisions. Theoretical predictions were applied to original survey data from a quinoa-producing region of Peru. Findings suggest that the global quinoa hype and consequent price spikes did not adversely affect the consumption of this nutritious food among quinoa producers. Website: http://revistas.unitru.edu.pe/index.php/scientiaagrop Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias Universidad Nacional de Trujillo Scientia Agropecuaria 11(1): 113 -125 (2020) SCIENTIA AGROPECUARIA How to cite this article: Gamboa, C.; Schuster M.; Schrevens, E.; Maertens, M. 2020. Price volatility and quinoa consumption among smallholder producers in the Andes. Scientia Agropecuaria 11(1): 113-125.

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The welfare impact of rising food prices

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

Rising food prices and household food security

Rising food prices and household food security

Charting the cost of nutritionally-adequate diets in Uganda, 2000-2011

Price volatility and quinoa consumption among smallholder producers in the Andes

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