Seasonal undernutrition in rural Ethiopia: magnitude, correlates, and functional significance
2001
Anna Ferro-Luzzi (World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Nutrition, Rome (Italy));Saul S. Morris (International Food Policy Research Institute, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia));Samson Taffesse (Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia). Nutrition Department);Tsegaye Demissie (Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Abeba (Ethiopia). Head of the Nutrition Department);Maurizio D'Amato (Lazio Regional Public Health Agency. World Health Organization, European Union))
Marked seasonal variability of both production and consumption is characteristic of virtually all farming systems in the developing world. Seasonal variations in food security are linked to a host of other structural and economic problems, including agricultural stagnation and poor markets and infrastructure. Such conditions prevail in a country like Ethiopia, where the decline in cereal production since the 1960s, the dearth of rural infrastructure, and poorly functioning markets are major determinants of the notorious famines that periodically afflict the country. the widespread mortality and disease that accompany these famines are well documented and understood, but less is known about the effects of seasonal energy stress in the "normal" years in between. It is therefore crucial to understand the effects of seasonal energy stress, which forms the background against which the more devastating effects of large-scale famine are drawn.
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