THE IMPACTS OF DAIRY CATTLE OWNERSHIP ON THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN COASTAL KENYA
Nicholson, Charles F.; Thornton, Philip K.
1999

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Anthropometric measurements for children and household characteristics were collected form 198 households in coastal Kenya to examine the impacts of dairy technology adoption on nutritional status. Random effects models indicate that dairy technology adoption positively influences chronic malnutrition, but that dairy consumption has a larger impact than adoption per se.

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Title THE IMPACTS OF DAIRY CATTLE OWNERSHIP ON THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN COASTAL KENYA
Author(s) Nicholson, Charles F.
Thornton, Philip K.
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Issue Date 1999
Publication Type Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.21518
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/21518
PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/21518
Language English
Total Pages 13
Series Statement Selected Paper
Record Appears in Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) > Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Conferences > 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN

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