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Food Priorities and Poverty: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Rural Uganda

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  • Nicky R.M. Pouw

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In this article, the food consumption patterns of poor rural smallholder farmers in Uganda are explored to see if they suggest useful ways for household welfare rankings. For this purpose, a ranking and testing procedure is developed to assert if people consume food items in a particular dominant order. The methodology is used to construct the so-called 'hierarchy of menus', which outline people's priorities over a given set of consumption items. These hierarchies are compared and contrasted across different locations and with formal household survey expenditure data. Furthermore, it is illustrated how information on food priorities and underlying welfare distributions can be combined into a cost-effective instrument for poverty monitoring and as input into policymaking. Copyright 2009 The author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org, Oxford University Press.

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  • Nicky R.M. Pouw, 2009. "Food Priorities and Poverty: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Rural Uganda," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 18(1), pages 113-152, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:18:y:2009:i:1:p:113-152
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