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Pattern of crop diversification and its implications on undernutrition in India


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The present study explores the pattern and extent of food-crop diversification and its implications on nutritional indicators in India using district-level data for the most recent period. It relied on data from land-use statistics and the National Family Health Survey 2015–16. We estimated the Simpson index for food-crop diversification and undernutrition index for nutritio­nal status. The association of crop diversification and nutritional status was analysed employing bivariate copula function. The findings show striking regional differences in the extent of food-crop diversification and nutritional outcomes. The results of the copula function indicate a significant inverse relationship between crop diversification and undernutrition

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Bivariate copula, crop diversification, land use, nutritional status, undernutrition index.
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Authors

A. R. Anuja
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
G. P. Shivaswamy
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
Mrinmoy Ray
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India
K. N. Singh
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India

Abstract


The present study explores the pattern and extent of food-crop diversification and its implications on nutritional indicators in India using district-level data for the most recent period. It relied on data from land-use statistics and the National Family Health Survey 2015–16. We estimated the Simpson index for food-crop diversification and undernutrition index for nutritio­nal status. The association of crop diversification and nutritional status was analysed employing bivariate copula function. The findings show striking regional differences in the extent of food-crop diversification and nutritional outcomes. The results of the copula function indicate a significant inverse relationship between crop diversification and undernutrition

Keywords


Bivariate copula, crop diversification, land use, nutritional status, undernutrition index.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi10%2F1154-1160