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Impacts of FFW on nutrition in rural Kenya

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  • Athanasenas Athanasios
  • Mesfin Bezuneh
  • Brady J. Deaton

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Assessing the impacts of Food‐for‐Work (FFW) on human capital formation depends on understanding the specific nutritional contributions of FFW to the overall diet of FFW participant households. However, empirical studies in this area are very scant. This paper is an attempt to fill such gap. The primary objectives are to measure the magnitude of the FFW contribution to participants' nutritional status. Primary data collected from a random sample of 300 farm‐households in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya are used. A linear programming model is used to estimate the shadow prices of nutrients. These prices are then entered into an econometric model of consumer demand for nutrients in order to estimate own and cross‐price elasticities for each nutrient component. The results indicate that FFW significantly improves the nutritional status of FFW participant households. More specifically, participants experienced an implicit income gain, which resulted in a significant nutritional improvement. The poorest FFW participant households exhibited even higher nutritional gains (32.46%) than those participants from relatively higher income groups. FFW participant households showed a 90% higher propensity to spend on nutrients than the non‐FFW participants. The findings of this study are expected to assist in the design of future ‘targeted’ food aid projects.

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  • Athanasenas Athanasios & Mesfin Bezuneh & Brady J. Deaton, 1994. "Impacts of FFW on nutrition in rural Kenya," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 11(2-3), pages 301-309, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:11:y:1994:i:2-3:p:301-309
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1994.tb00339.x
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    1. Schneider, Kate R., 2022. "Nationally representative estimates of the cost of adequate diets, nutrient level drivers, and policy options for households in rural Malawi," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    2. Stefan Dercon & Pramila Krishnan, 2003. "Food aid and informal insurance," CSAE Working Paper Series 2003-01, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
    3. Biagia De Devitiis & Ornella Wanda Maietta, 2015. "Shadow Prices of Human Capital in Agriculture. Evidence from European FADN Regions," CSEF Working Papers 415, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
    4. Villegas, Laura & Smith, Vincent H. & Atwood, Joe & Belasco, Eric, 2016. "Does Participation In Public Works Programs Encourage Fertilizer Use In Rural Ethiopia?," International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Department of Economics and Finance, vol. 4(2), pages 1-24, April.
    5. Deaton, Brady & Bezunrh, Mesfin, 2015. "Food Assistance: Economic Development and Food Security Impacts," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211333, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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