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Relating Seasonal Hunger and Prevention and Coping Strategies: A Panel Analysis of Malawian Farm Households

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  • C. Leigh Anderson
  • Travis Reynolds
  • Joshua D. Merfeld
  • Pierre Biscaye

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Relative to chronic hunger, seasonal hunger in rural and urban areas of Africa is poorly understood. This paper examines the extent and potential correlates of seasonal hunger in Malawi using panel data from 2011–2013. We find that both urban and rural households report seasonal hunger in the pre-harvest months. Certain strategies to smooth consumption, including crop storage and livestock ownership, are associated with fewer months of hunger. In addition, we find that Malawian households that experience seasonal hunger harvest their crops earlier than average – a short-term coping mechanism that can reduce the crop’s yield and nutritional value, possibly perpetuating hunger.

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  • C. Leigh Anderson & Travis Reynolds & Joshua D. Merfeld & Pierre Biscaye, 2018. "Relating Seasonal Hunger and Prevention and Coping Strategies: A Panel Analysis of Malawian Farm Households," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(10), pages 1737-1755, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:54:y:2018:i:10:p:1737-1755
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1371296
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    1. Isaac Bonuedi & Lukas Kornher & Nicolas Gerber, 2022. "Agricultural seasonality, market access, and food security in Sierra Leone," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 14(2), pages 471-494, April.
    2. Imogen Bellwood‐Howard & Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah & Samuel Arkoh Donkoh & Gabin Korbéogo, 2021. "Managing seasonality in West African informal urban vegetable markets: The role of household relations," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(5), pages 874-893, July.
    3. Warren Dodd & Marvin Gómez Cerna & Paola Orellena & Sally Humphries & Margaux L. Sadoine & David Zombré & Kate Zinszer & Amy Kipp & Donald C. Cole, 2020. "Factors Associated with Seasonal Food Insecurity among Small-Scale Subsistence Farming Households in Rural Honduras," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-16, January.

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