Hitomi Komatsu|Hazel Malapit|Sophie Theis
Does women’s time in domestic work and agriculture affect women’s and children’s dietary diversity? Evidence from Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Ghana, and Mozambique
International Food Policy Research Institute|International Food Policy Research Institute|International Food Policy Research Institute
concerns increasing womens engagement agriculture could negatively affect nutrition limiting time available nutritionimproving reproductive work however empirical studies provide evidence support concerns paper examines relationship womens time spent domestic work agriculture womens childrens dietary diversity using data bangladesh nepal cambodia ghana mozambique find womens domestic work cooking time positively correlated diverse diets also find differential effects depending asset poverty status mozambique working long hours agriculture negatively associated womens dietary diversity score nonpoor women positively associated poor womens dietary diversity poor childrens minimum acceptable diet suggests agriculture source food income particularly important asset poor results reveal womens time allocation nutrition responses agricultural interventions likely vary socioeconomic status local context