Agricultural and empowerment pathways from land ownership to women's nutrition in India.

ABSTRACT: Land size is an important equity concern for the design of 'nutrition-sensitive' agricultural interventions. We unpack some of the pathways between land and nutrition using a cross-sectional baseline survey data set of 4,480 women from 148 clusters from the 'Upscaling Participatory Action and Videos for Agriculture and Nutrition' trial in Keonjhar district in Odisha, India. Variables used are household ln-land size owned (exposure) and maternal dietary diversity score out of 10 food groups and body mass index (BMI; kg/m² ) (outcomes); and mediators investigated are production diversity score, value of agricultural production, and indicators for women's empowerment (decision-making in agriculture, group participation, work-free time and land ownership). We assessed mediation usin

SUBMITTER: Harris-Fry H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507043 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature