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Child Growth, Shocks, and Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Child stunting in Ethiopia has persisted at alarming rates, despite enormous amounts of food aid, often procured in response to shocks. Using nationally representative data, the study finds that while harvest failure leads to child growth faltering, food aid affected child growth positively and offset the negative effects of shocks in communities that received food aid. However, many communities that experienced shocks did not receive food aid. In sum, while food aid has helped reduce child malnutrition, inflexible food aid targeting, together with endemic poverty and limited maternal education, has left the prevalence of child stunting at alarming levels.

Source: American Journal of Agricultural Economics

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00721.x

Authors: Takashi Yamano, Harold Alderman, Luc Christiaensen

Institutions: Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, World Bank

Language: English

Topic: Child Nutrition and Water Access

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, No poverty, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2102295845