Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298267 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/23/075
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
Using data from the DRC Demographic and Health Survey, this study examines the empirical linkages between access to agricultural land and nutritional outcomes by examining gender differences. Results suggest significant effects of access to agricultural land on nutritional outcomes in the full sample, in the male and female-headed households' subsamples as well. However, gender differences are reported. Access to agricultural land appears to be a significant determinant of improved children dietary diversity among female-headed households (FHH), it is also associated with a significant increase in the children height-for-age z-score in the maleheaded households (MHH). Moreover, access to agricultural land positively affects the women's likelihood of having a normal body mass index the male-headed households; and finally, the study finds that accesses to agricultural land is linked with a significant decrease in the risk of women anaemia among the female-headed households. Since then, we argue that access to agricultural land by MHHs may be beneficial for long-term nutrition indicators while it is more beneficial for short-term nutrition measures among FHHs.
Subjects: 
Access to agricultural land
dietary diversity
nutrition status
gender
DRC
JEL: 
C35
D13
I12
J16
Q12
Q15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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