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This policy brief titled,´’Household nutrition effects of crop commercialization in Uganda” was written by Nicholas Kilimani, Research Fellow, Environment for Development (EfD-Mak) Centre-Makerere University, Kampala-Uganda.
The research was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant to the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) under a thematic research project on evaluating the impact of agricultural and food policies on nutritional outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, Grant RT18532. The author would like to thank the AERC, its reviewers and Resource Persons for their comments on the earlier drafts of the paper from which this Brief was extracted. The Discussion Paper was presented at the Economic Society of South Africa Biennial Conference, 3-5th September, 2019 at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Boksburg, Johannesburg-South Africa.
Overall, the study found out that commercialization generally presented negative effects on nutrition. In addition, nutrient intake was found to depend on several pathways such as the amount of resources available, the choice of what is produced, presence of markets as well as how decisions concerning production and consumption are made. The paper thus recommends that it is important to understand first, the socioeconomic and cultural setting before identifying the channels for impact.