Debela, Bethelhem Legesse

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","102276"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Food Policy"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","110"],["dc.contributor.author","Mehraban, Nadjia"],["dc.contributor.author","Debela, Bethelhem Legesse"],["dc.contributor.author","Kalsum, Ummi"],["dc.contributor.author","Qaim, Matin"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-10-17T14:42:02Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-10-17T14:42:02Z"],["dc.date.issued","2022"],["dc.description.abstract","Oil palm is one of the fastest expanding crops in tropical regions, leading to massive land-use changes and far-reaching social implications. In Indonesia, much of the oil palm land is cultivated by smallholder farmers. While household income effects of oil palm cultivation were analyzed in previous studies, effects on intra-household gender roles are not yet well understood. Here, we use sex-disaggregated survey data from farm households in Sumatra to examine how oil palm cultivation – in comparison to cultivating traditional crops – is associated with women’s and men’s time allocation and decision-making power. Women in oil palm cultivating households spend much less time in farming and more time for household chores and leisure than women in households only cultivating traditional crops. These differences increase with the share of the farm area under oil palm, as oil palm requires less labor than traditional crops. While a reduction in women’s workload can have positive social effects, lower involvement in farming can also be associated with a loss in female autonomy. Indeed, our data suggest that oil palm cultivation is associated with women having less decision-making power in terms of farm management and income control. These insights can help to design policies for more gender-equitable rural development."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102276"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/116317"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.relation","SFB 990: Ökologische und sozioökonomische Funktionen tropischer Tieflandregenwald-Transformationssysteme (Sumatra, Indonesien)"],["dc.relation","SFB 990 | C | C07: Einflussfaktoren von Landnutzungswandel und sozioökonomische Auswirkungen für ländliche Haushalte"],["dc.relation.issn","0306-9192"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.subject.gro","sfb990_journalarticles"],["dc.title","What about her? Oil palm cultivation and intra-household gender roles"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","28"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Agricultural and Food Economics"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","9"],["dc.contributor.author","Debela, Bethelhem L."],["dc.contributor.author","Shively, Gerald E."],["dc.contributor.author","Holden, Stein T."],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-11-25T11:24:37Z"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-08-16T13:06:23Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-11-25T11:24:37Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-08-16T13:06:23Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021-07-22"],["dc.date.updated","2022-07-29T12:18:35Z"],["dc.description.abstract","Food-based transfer programs have the potential to change diets or alter basic crop mixes. This study empirically investigates the associations between participating in food-for-work (FFW) programs and the diversity of food consumption and production. Four waves of panel data from the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia, covering the period 2001–2010, are used to estimate a series of panel data regressions. A dose-response model is used to measure how the intensity of FFW participation aligns with dietary outcomes. Results show that FFW participants had greater household dietary diversity compared with non-participants, with an average magnitude equivalent to one-fifth of a standard deviation in the food variety score. When items directly provided by the FFW program are excluded from the variety score, the overall effect is statistically weaker, but similar in sign and magnitude, suggesting modest “crowding in” of dietary diversity from FFW participation. FFW participation was not correlated with changes in production diversity, suggesting that the labor demands of the program did not alter crop choice. Findings have relevance for interventions that aim to improve food security and promote dietary quality in low-income populations."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2021"],["dc.identifier.citation","Agricultural and Food Economics. 2021 Jul 22;9(1):28"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1186/s40100-021-00189-1"],["dc.identifier.pii","189"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/93549"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/112761"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-455"],["dc.relation.eissn","2193-7532"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.holder","The Author(s)"],["dc.subject","Dietary diversity"],["dc.subject","Food-based programs"],["dc.subject","Food-for-work"],["dc.subject","Food security"],["dc.subject","Nutrition"],["dc.subject","Ethiopia"],["dc.title","Implications of food-for-work programs for consumption and production diversity: Evidence from the Tigray Region of Ethiopia"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","812"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","American Journal of Agricultural Economics"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","830"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","103"],["dc.contributor.author","Debela, Bethelhem Legesse"],["dc.contributor.author","Gehrke, Esther"],["dc.contributor.author","Qaim, Matin"],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-04-14T08:25:29Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-04-14T08:25:29Z"],["dc.date.issued","2020"],["dc.description.abstract","Improving child nutrition and empowering women are two important and closely connected development goals. Fostering female employment is often seen as an avenue to serve both these goals, especially if it helps to empower the mothers of undernourished children. However, maternal employment can influence child nutrition through different mechanisms, and the net effect may not necessarily be positive. We develop a theoretical model to show that maternal employment can affect child nutrition through changes in income, intrahousehold bargaining power, and time available for childcare. The links are analyzed empirically using panel data from farm households in rural Tanzania. We find that the links between maternal employment and child height‐for‐age Z‐scores (HAZ) are non‐linear. Off‐farm employment is negatively associated with child HAZ at low levels of labor supply. The association turns positive at higher levels of labor supply and negative again at very high levels. The associations between maternal on‐farm work and child nutrition are weaker and not statistically significant. These findings can help to better design development interventions that foster synergies and avoid potential tradeoffs between female empowerment and child nutrition goals."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1111/ajae.12113"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/81641"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-399"],["dc.publisher","Wiley Periodicals, Inc."],["dc.relation.eissn","1467-8276"],["dc.relation.issn","0002-9092"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung"],["dc.rights","This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes."],["dc.title","Links between Maternal Employment and Child Nutrition in Rural Tanzania"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]