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Got milk? The impact of Heifer International’s livestock donation programs in Rwanda on nutritional outcomes
Institution:1. Department of Economics, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080, United States;2. Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 301G Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801, United States;3. International Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801, United States;1. Plant Production Systems Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands;2. National University of Rwanda, Department of Crop Science, P.O. Box 117, Butare, Rwanda;3. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;4. Animal Production Systems Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands;5. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) – Kenya, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya;6. National University of Rwanda, Department of Soil and Environment Management, P.O. Box 117, Butare, Rwanda;1. Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;2. Development Economics Data Group, World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA;3. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), P.O. Box 7878, Kampala, Uganda;4. Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), P.O. Box 66773, Nairobi, Kenya;5. Purdue Policy Research Institute, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;1. Institute of Poyang Lake Eco-economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, China;2. Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences, Nanchang 330077, China;3. Department of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China;4. Institute of Resource, Environment and Sustainable Development, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China;5. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;1. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Cairo, Egypt;2. Independent Consultant, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;3. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA;4. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya
Abstract:International animal donation programs have become an increasingly popular way for people living in developed countries to transfer resources to families living in developing countries. We evaluate the impact of Heifer International’s dairy cow and meat goat donation programs in Rwanda. We find that the program substantially increases dairy and meat consumption among Rwandan households who were given a dairy cow or a meat goat, respectively. We also find marginally statistically significant increases in weight-for-height z-scores and weight-for-age z-scores of about 0.4 standard deviations among children aged 0–5 years in households that were recipients of meat goats, and increases in height-for-age z-scores of about 0.5 standard deviations among children in households that received dairy cows. Our results suggest that increasing livestock ownership in developing countries may significantly increase consumption of nutrient dense animal-source foods and improve nutrition outcomes.
Keywords:Charitable donations  Child nutrition  Dairy cow  Food consumption  Meat goat
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