Changing Climate, Changing Food Consumption? Impact of Weather Shocks on Nutrition in Malawi.
In this study, we capture the impact of changing temperature and rainfall patterns on the estimated consumption of macro-and micronutrients among households in Malawi. We apply a fixed-effects model to household panel data collected between 2010 and 2017, which contains detailed information on food...
| Published in: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 59; no. 12; pp. 1827 - 1849 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2023
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