Do the benefits of improved management practices to nutritional outcomes “dry up” in the presence of drought? Evidence from East Africa

Malacarne, Jonathan; Paul, Laura A.

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102332

Food Policy

2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102332

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Do the benefits of improved management practices to nutritional outcomes “dry up” in the presence of drought? Evidence from East Africa

Jonathan Malacarne

Laura A. Paul

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The impact of forage condition on household food security in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia

Alulu,

Shikuku,

Lepariyo

et al. 2024

Food Sec.

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We studied the causal link between forage condition and food security in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia and probed the mechanisms through which the effects occur. The study utilized weekly panel survey data collected over a period of 94 weeks (March 2021–December 2022) from drought-prone pastoral regions and estimated two-stage least squares instrumental variables regression to assess causal impacts. We found that an increase in the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) – our proxy for forage condition – by 10% significantly reduced the likelihood of a household experiencing food insecurity by 12 percentage points. The main mechanisms through which improved forage condition increased food security were livestock productivity enhancement, reduced prices of basic food commodities (cereals, legumes, and vegetables), and utilization of better coping strategies by households. These findings suggest the need for interventions and initiatives aimed at boosting livestock productivity and reducing vulnerability to drought-induced poor forage conditions. Efforts focused on the monitoring of forage conditions and supporting market development for livestock feed are important for addressing the adverse impacts of drought and deteriorating forage conditions in the horn of Africa. Furthermore, the monitoring of drought conditions and shocks using high-frequency data has the potential for providing early warning and informing anticipatory action.

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The impact of forage condition on household food security in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia

Alulu,

Shikuku,

Lepariyo

et al. 2024

Food Sec.

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Guest Editors’ Introduction: The role of policy in reducing malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

Azomahou¹,

Boucekkine²,

Kazianga³

et al. 2022

Food Policy

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Bundling Genetic and Financial Technologies for More Resilient and Productive Small-Scale Farmers in Africa

Boucher,

Carter,

Flatnes

et al. 2024

The Economic Journal

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Using a multi-year, spatially-diversified randomised controlled trial spanning two African countries, this paper explores whether a complementary bundle of genetic and financial technologies can boost the resilience and productivity of small-scale farmers. The analysis shows that both moderate droughts and more severe yield losses undermine the resilience of control group households, and that these shocks have long-lasting effects as farmers invest and produce less following shocks. Severe yield shocks also increase hunger and food insecurity. The genetic technology—drought tolerant seeds—provides economically significant protection against mid-season drought and mitigates the long-term drop in farm productivity seen in the control group. The financial technology—satellite-based index insurance—offsets the long-term consequences of severe yield losses that are not mitigated by the drought tolerant seeds. Finally, the analysis shows that treatment group farmers who experienced shocks and saw the technologies in action subsequently increased their agricultural investment beyond pre-shock levels, an effect we call the resilience dividend. Unfortunately, this apparent experiential learning cuts both ways. Farmers who did not experience the efficacy of the risk management technologies backed away from using them. Our findings thus showcase how genetic and financial risk mitigating technologies can offer farmers more complete protection, as well as the challenge of inducing sustained uptake of technologies that are midway between experience and credence goods and only infrequently reveal their benefits.

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Do the benefits of improved management practices to nutritional outcomes “dry up” in the presence of drought? Evidence from East Africa

Cited by 3 publications

References 46 publications

The impact of forage condition on household food security in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia

The impact of forage condition on household food security in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia

Guest Editors’ Introduction: The role of policy in reducing malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

Bundling Genetic and Financial Technologies for More Resilient and Productive Small-Scale Farmers in Africa

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