Agricultural diversification and intra-household dietary diversity: Panel data analysis of farm households in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the associations between agricultural diversification and dietary diversity among men, women and children of farm households in Bangladesh. Using three waves of nationally representative Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS- 2011-12, 2015 and 2018) data and a panel data model, the study found that agricultural production diversification can emphasize the dietary diversification across the life cycle of farm household members. The balanced panel data reveals that agricultural production diversification has a statistically significant and positive impact on dietary diversity of individual members (men, women and children) of farm households. Moreover, other important factors that impact on agricultural diversification and improve dietary diversity like women's

SUBMITTER: Alam MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10289449 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature