Plant different, eat different? Insights from participatory agricultural research.

ABSTRACT: We examine the association between on-farm production diversity on household dietary diversity in Malawi using microdata collected as part of an environmentally sustainable agricultural intensification program. The program primarily focuses on the integration of legumes into the cropping system through maize-legume intercropping and legume-legume intercropping. Relative to staple cereals such as maize, legumes are rich in micronutrients, contain better-quality protein, and lead to nitrogen fixation. Given the systematic difference we document between program beneficiaries and randomly sampled non-beneficiary (control) households, we employ causal instrumental variables mediation analysis to account for non-random selection and possible simultaneity between production and consumption decisi

SUBMITTER: Azzarri C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8956185 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature