Highlights•Many food security experts have been calling for agricultural intensification in
developing countries to feed a growing global population.•This narrative is based on a …

The transition from subsistence to commercial agriculture is key for economic growth. But
what are the consequences for nutritional outcomes? The evidence to date has been scant …

The issue of “cash crops” is profoundly controversial. The debate uses different definitions of
the term and slides across levels of analysis from the household to the international …

During the past decade, Africa, more than any other continent, has been associated with
famine and malnutrition. The Sahelian drought of the early 1970s, the Wollo and Karamoja …

Evidence on the impact of cash cropping on household food security and nutrition is mixed,
but does not support their wholesale condemnation. Indeed, what the malnourished need is …

Most of the studies on seasonality in food supply and nutritional status have been carried out
in areas characterized by extreme climatic conditions. This study was conducted in an area …

The effects of marketization on crop diversity and dietary diversity is very contested.
Therefore, more empirical work is needed to unpack the multidimensional factors that …

This dissertation sought to add to knowledge of the links between human and ecosystem
health by examining relationships between biodiversity and human nutrition in the East …

This study considers the effect of cash cropping on food availability and investigates the
determinants of household food expenditure as a proportion of gross income relying on a …

One of the most fundamental of the basic needs is adequate nutrition and this is therefore a
closer indicator of real social development as opposed to aggregate indicators of economic …