Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/148577 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 1611
Publisher: 
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung (DARE), Göttingen
Abstract: 
Undernourishment is still widespread in Tanzania, while obesity is becoming an issue of magnitude similar to undernutrition in the country. In this paper we examined the impact of an increase in maize prices on the nutritional status of Tanzania's adult population. We found that undernutrition increases as a result of increased prices, while the overweight and obese decrease their energy intake. The study presents evidences of the so called early stage of the nutritional transition that characterize developing countries. All in all, these findings are suggestive of the fact that food price shocks should be taken into consideration when designing policy and programmes aiming at addressing malnutrition in low income countries.
Subjects: 
food price shocks
food demand models
malnutrition
Tanzania
JEL: 
C31
D12
D13
I31
Q18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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