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Enhancing food security through diet quality: The role of nonfarm work in rural India

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
D'Souza, Alwin; Mishra, Ashok K.; Hirsch, Stefan
Non-TUM Co-author(s):
ja
Cooperation:
international
Abstract:
India has achieved food security at the macro level. However, at the micro level, the country still struggles with extensive problems of food nutrition insecurity. In this paper, we assess the impact of nonfarm income and nonfarm work status (casual and full‐time nonfarm work) of operator, spouses, and couples on the diet quality of smallholder households in India. We find that nonfarm income decreases the likelihood of farming household being in the poor‐diet quality group by 31% and the medium...     »
Keywords:
India; multinomial fixed effects; nonfarm work; nutrition security
Intellectual Contribution:
Discipline-based Research
Journal title:
Agricultural Economics
Journal listet in FT50 ranking:
nein
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
51
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
95-110
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1111/agec.12543
Publisher:
Wiley
E-ISSN:
0169-51501574-0862
Date of publication:
08.12.2019
Judgement review:
0
Key publication:
Nein
Peer reviewed:
Ja
International:
Ja
Commissioned:
not commissioned
Professional Journal:
Ja
Technology:
Nein
Interdisciplinarity:
Nein
Mission statement:
Health, Nutrition
Ethics and Sustainability:
Ja
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