TY - JOUR
T1 - Production of Indigenous Food Crops
T2 - Implications for Children’s Nutritional Status of Farm Households in Northern Ghana
AU - Andani, Alhassan
AU - Jatoe, John Baptist D.
AU - Al-Hassan, Ramatu M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - This paper examines the effect of indigenous food crops on the nutrition security outcomes of children in farm households. Using a standard treatment effect model, data on children under 5 years of age from 250 farm households in selected rural districts of northern Ghana were analysed. A multistage sampling procedure was used. Descriptive statistics show high rates of child wasting (16.7%), stunting (29.8%) and underweight (25.2%), but suggest better nutritional status for children in indigenous food crops producer households than those in non-producer households. Children in producer households have higher height-for-age; weight-for-height and weight-for-age z-scores than children in non-producer households. The findings suggest that, children in non-producer households are more at risk of being stunted, wasted and underweight than those in producer households. Exploring the empirical link between the production of indigenous food crops and the nutrition status of children in northern Ghana extends the literature on nutrition and crop production.
AB - This paper examines the effect of indigenous food crops on the nutrition security outcomes of children in farm households. Using a standard treatment effect model, data on children under 5 years of age from 250 farm households in selected rural districts of northern Ghana were analysed. A multistage sampling procedure was used. Descriptive statistics show high rates of child wasting (16.7%), stunting (29.8%) and underweight (25.2%), but suggest better nutritional status for children in indigenous food crops producer households than those in non-producer households. Children in producer households have higher height-for-age; weight-for-height and weight-for-age z-scores than children in non-producer households. The findings suggest that, children in non-producer households are more at risk of being stunted, wasted and underweight than those in producer households. Exploring the empirical link between the production of indigenous food crops and the nutrition status of children in northern Ghana extends the literature on nutrition and crop production.
KW - Child anthropometric measures
KW - Farm households
KW - Indigenous food crops
KW - Northern Ghana
KW - Nutrition security outcomes
KW - Treatment effect model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118643673&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1057/s41287-021-00481-2
DO - 10.1057/s41287-021-00481-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118643673
SN - 0957-8811
VL - 34
SP - 2651
EP - 2665
JO - European Journal of Development Research
JF - European Journal of Development Research
IS - 6
ER -