The impact of irrigated agriculture on child nutrition outcomes in southern Ghana

Okyere, Charles Yaw; Usman, Muhammed Abdella

doi:10.1016/j.wre.2020.100174

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“…On the other hand, as previously indicated, irrigation water sources could serve as breeding grounds for water-borne vectors leading to an increase in malaria and other water-related illness incidences. Recent evidence in Ghana shows that irrigation improves food diversity, such as consumption of fruits, vegetables, and animal source foods (Mekonnen et al, 2019), child anthropometric outcomes (Okyere & Usman, 2021), and welfare, including income, consumption, and financial literacy status (Okyere & Ahene-Codjoe, 2021). We adapt this framework by including several variables to identify the pathways linking irrigation to health outcomes.…”

Section: Irrigation and Healthmentioning

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“…Does irrigation improve wellbeing or welfare? This topic has received considerable attention from economists and other researchers (van der Hoek, Feenstra, & Konradsen, 2002;Boelee, 2003;Hussain, 2007;Burney et al, 2010;Domenech & Ringler, 2013;Zeweld et al, 2015;Domènech, 2015;Passarelli et al, 2018;Tesfay, 2020;Balana et al, 2020;Okyere & Usman, 2021;Okyere & Ahene-Codjoe, 2021). Despite the extant body of literature on this topic, the health 1 effects in general and the intrahousehold dimension in particular is less understood.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In recent times, irrigation development has been advocated for as a productivity improvement strategy in the agricultural sector of developing countries including Ghana (van der Wijngaart et al, 2019;Osei et al, 2020;Okyere & Ahene-Codjoe, 2021;Okyere & Usman, 2021). For instance, the government of Ghana has dedicated considerable resources to the expansion of existing irrigation schemes such as Kpong, Tono, Vea, Botanga, among others.…”

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“…Using the panel data, we address both observed and unobserved heterogeneity through the use of panel regressions (correlated random effects, CRE) and treatment effect estimators (inverse probability weighting regression adjustment, IPWRA), and propensity score matching (PSM). We compare the health outcomes of individuals (males vs. females vs. children) in irrigatedagriculture households with their counterparts in nonirrigated-agriculture households (see also Okyere & Ahene-Codjoe, 2021;Okyere & Usman, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, previous studies (Currie & Almond, 2011;Pan & Singhal, 2019) have discussed the importance of childhood health on current and future labour market outcomes. Finally, the study analyses the pathways connecting irrigation to health outcomes by relying on income, environmental quality, health care financing, expenditure, and preventive health care as the indicators (see also Okyere & Usman, 2021). There is scanty literature (Azanu et al, 2018;Anim-Gyampo et al, 2019;Egbi et al, 2020) that links pathways of irrigation and health outcomes in the global south.…”

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Intra‐household health effects of irrigation in Southern Ghana^*

Okyere

Ankrah

Ahene-Codjoe

2021

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This article targets the empirical space of well-defined theoretical and conceptual frameworks connecting irrigation to health outcomes but with limited evidence affected by observed and unobserved heterogeneity. Using a doubly robust estimator and panel data in Southern Ghana, the study finds that irrigation has mixed effects on health outcomes. The results show that there is no statistically significant increase in household and individual illness incidence, while that of malaria prevalence increases marginally for all individuals and substantially for children under 5 years. In contrast, the study finds a statistically significant increase in health status as very healthy of all individuals, females and males. The analyses of the pathways show that there is a decrease in per capita bednets and self-medication, while there are large improvements in health care financing and environmental quality. The overall findings suggest the possibility of irrigation leading to improvements in wellbeing, but this may come at the expense of increasing short-term health challenges.

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Section: Irrigation and Healthmentioning

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Impact of irrigated agriculture on households' income and food security: Evidence from the south‐west region of Ethiopia

Sisay

2023

Irrigation and Drainage

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This study was conducted to identify the determining factors of participation in irrigated farming and to estimate its impact on households' farm income and food security using cross‐sectional data collected from Gimbo District, south‐west Ethiopia. Primary data for this study were collected from 200 irrigator and 219 non‐irrigator households using a structured questionnaire. Both descriptive and econometric analyses were employed to analyse the data using farm income, calorie intake, binary food security and dietary diversity as the outcome variables. As the propensity score matching result revealed, small‐scale irrigation significantly and positively increases calorie intake, annual farm income and diet group by 320 kcal, 7653 Ethiopian birr (ETB) and 0.65 points, respectively. The results obtained from the logit model further revealed that the age of the household head, education level of the household head, distance of land from the irrigation source, land size, off‐/nonfarm income, distance from the nearest market, slope of the land and access to irrigation services are the variables that were found to significantly affect participation in irrigation. Given the significant contributions of small‐scale irrigation to rural households' annual farm income and food security, policy priorities should be placed on awareness creation about the relevance of irrigation technology by informing households of how much irrigator households differ from non‐irrigators in terms of their annual farm income and food security. The study further recommends that the government and any other concerned bodies ought to toil in the expansion of irrigated farming and technological development of small‐scale irrigation schemes.

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2023

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The impact of irrigated agriculture on child nutrition outcomes in southern Ghana

Cited by 10 publications

References 39 publications

Intra‐household health effects of irrigation in Southern Ghana^*

Intra‐household health effects of irrigation in Southern Ghana^*

Impact of irrigated agriculture on households' income and food security: Evidence from the south‐west region of Ethiopia

Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana

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Intra‐household health effects of irrigation in Southern Ghana*

Intra‐household health effects of irrigation in Southern Ghana*

Impact of irrigated agriculture on households' income and food security: Evidence from the south‐west region of Ethiopia

Carbon farming training and welfare: Evidence from Northern Ghana

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