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Household consumption of infant foods in two low‐income districts in Malawi

Author(s) -

Chiwaula Levison Stanley,

Kaluwa Ben M.

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of international development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533

H-Index - 66

eISSN - 1099-1328

pISSN - 0954-1748

DOI - 10.1002/jid.1448

Subject(s) - poverty , economics , consumption (sociology) , low income , diversification (marketing strategy) , income elasticity of demand , agricultural economics , socioeconomics , business , labour economics , economic growth , social science , marketing , sociology

Household resource allocation to infant foods and infant care is investigated using data from 160 households in two low‐income districts in Malawi. Infant care is found to have a unitary budget and an inelastic price elasticity. While demand for two porridge types respond similarly to ingredients' price changes, adult meals substitute the porridges. Eradicating household income poverty; diversification of the household production, diet, infant food, and target recipients of infant nutritional information; widening the vitamin A fortification options; and targeting mothers of infants in work programmes are the proposed policy options. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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