Up in Smoke? Agricultural Commercialization, Rising Food Prices and Stunting in Malawi

Diversification into high-value cash crops among smallholders has been propagated as a strategy to improve welfare in rural areas. However, the extent to which cash crop production spurs projected gains remains an under-researched question, especia...

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Main Authors:	Wood, Benjamin, Nelson, Carl, Kilic, Talip, Murray, Siobhan
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGGREGATE HOUSEHOLD INCOME AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SEASON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND CALORIC INTAKE CASH CROPS CASH-CROP CENTRAL REGION CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION COVARIATE SHOCKS CROP INCOME CROP PRODUCTION CURING DISASTERS DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS FAMILIES FAMINE FARM AREA FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM MANAGEMENT FARM PRODUCTION FARMERS FOOD AID FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROP FOOD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD CROPS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD MARKETS FOOD NECESSITIES FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOOD STOCKS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GRAIN RESERVES HAZARDS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH POPULATION DENSITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INADEQUATE FOOD INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME QUINTILE INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERVENTION IRRIGATION LAND HOLDINGS LAND TENURE MAIZE MALNUTRITION MARKET FAILURES MARKETING MATERNAL HEALTH MORTALITY NUTRITION NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS PEDIATRICS PESTICIDES POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR SMALLHOLDERS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PREGNANCY PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRODUCTION FUNCTION REGIONAL BOUNDARY RICE RISK FACTORS RISK REDUCTION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INCOME RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL POOR SAVINGS SCHOOLING SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SPATIAL DIFFERENCES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSISTENCE SUGARCANE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TEA TOBACCO INDUSTRY VEGETABLE CROPS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT WAR WATER AVAILABILITY WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18371657/up-smoke-agricultural-commercialization-rising-food-prices-stunting-malawi http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16864

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16864

Up in Smoke? Agricultural Commercialization, Rising Food Prices and Stunting in Malawi

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