Does Livestock Ownership Affect Animal Source Foods Consumption and Child Nutritional Status? Evidence from Rural Uganda

Azzarri, Carlo ; Cross, Elizabeth ; Haile, Beliyou ; Zezza, Alberto

World Bank Group, Washington, DC

关键词: ADVERSE EFFECTS;    AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES;    AGRICULTURAL INPUTS;    AGRICULTURAL LAND;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7111
RP-ID  :  WPS7111

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

In many developing countries,consumption of animal source foods among the poor is stillat a level where increasing its share in total caloricintake may have many positive nutritional benefits. Thispaper explores whether ownership of various livestockspecies increases consumption of animal source foods andhelps improve child nutritional status. The paper finds someevidence that food consumption patterns and nutritionaloutcomes may be affected by livestock ownership in ruralUganda. The results are suggestive that promoting (small)livestock ownership has the potential to affect humannutrition in rural Uganda, but further research is needed toestimate more precisely the direction and size of these effects.