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dc.contributor.authorGupta S.
dc.contributor.authorVemireddy V.
dc.contributor.authorPingali P.L.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-11T10:16:01Z-
dc.date.available2022-02-11T10:16:01Z-
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationGupta, S., Vemireddy, V., & Pingali, P. L. (2019). Nutritional outcomes of empowerment and market integration for women in rural India. Food Security, 11(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00978-z
dc.identifier.issn18764517
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00978-z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/25364-
dc.description.abstractOver half of all women of reproductive age are affected by anaemia in India. In this paper we study the role that both household market integration and women's empowerment in agriculture can play in determining women's dietary diversity. Our analysis is based on primary data from 3600 households across India on agriculture, nutrition and anthropometric outcomes. We account for market integration by way of per capita household purchases (quantity) of cereals and non- cereal food groups, such as pulses, meat/ fish/ poultry, fruits and vegetables, eggs and dairy. We construct an adapted version of the Abbreviated Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI) that is context- specific and agriculture- oriented. After controlling for individual, household and village- level explanatory factors, we find that � for a given level of per capita market purchases � women who are empowered in their agricultural decisions have significantly higher dietary diversity scores relative to women who are disempowered of such decisions. More specifically it is women's empowerment in two areas: input in production decisions and membership in self- help groups that supports this result. Women's empowerment also enhances dietary diversity in the presence of disaggregated per capita purchases of non-cereals such as pulses, meat, dairy and eggs. This highlights the importance of reorienting India's agricultural price and procurement policies beyond staple grains to ensure better dietary diversity. � 2019, The Author(s).
dc.description.sponsorshipBill and Melinda Gates Foundation,燘MGF: OPP1137807;燱orld Bank Group,燱BG
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofFood Security
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectIndia
dc.subjectMarket integration
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectWomen empowerment
dc.titleNutritional outcomes of empowerment and market integration for women in rural India
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.licenseCC BY
dc.contributor.affiliationTata- Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
dc.contributor.affiliationIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India
dc.contributor.affiliationCharles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
dc.contributor.institutionauthorGupta, S., Tata- Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
dc.contributor.institutionauthorVemireddy, V., Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India
dc.contributor.institutionauthorPingali, P.L., Tata- Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
dc.description.scopusid57196477667
dc.description.scopusid57210931922
dc.description.scopusid6701628626
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12571-019-00978-z
dc.identifier.endpage1256
dc.identifier.startpage1243
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.volume11
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