@article{Tiberti:277403,
      recid = {277403},
      author = {Tiberti, M. and Zezza, A. and Azzarri, C.},
      title = {Livestock Ownership and Child Nutrition in Uganda:  Evidence from a Panel Survey},
      address = {2018-07},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {This paper investigates the relationship between livestock  ownership and child nutrition in Uganda by using a panel  household survey. The analysis focuses on linear growth, as  growth in height/length reveals the cumulative nutritional  status of a child up to his current age. Three linear  growth measures are assessed: besides the standard  height-for-age z-scores, we analyse the height-for-age  differences, more appropriate for a dynamic evaluation of  the growth trend across ages, and growth velocity, that is  usually used in clinical studies, but less frequently  available in large socio-economic datasets in low-income  countries. The results presented do point to a positive  effect of livestock ownership on child nutrition, with  different effects according to child age and animal  species. Large ruminants seem to affect relatively more  nutrition of older children, while small ruminants  attenuate child growth faltering as they are more  associated to the initial height trajectory, while poultry  has a positive effect on growth, which is usually  considered as a more responsive measure of child nutrition.  Finally, the role of livestock ownership in sustaining  linear growth seems to be crucial when households living in  remote areas have a limited access to purchased foods and  livestock becomes the only source of certain nutrients.  

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      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/277403},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.277403},
}