{"id":273635,"date":"2019-04-18T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CAIiEN-LYwI0lfjh3dkokfy9oggqGQgEKhAIACoHCAow4OH9CjCg6_UCMJ-42gU?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-12T11:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T15:23:22","slug":"food-prices-markets-and-child-undernutrition-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/273635","title":{"rendered":"Food prices, markets, and child undernutrition in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A World Bank-linked analysis on ReliefWeb examined how <strong>food prices<\/strong> and market access shaped child undernutrition in Ethiopia, using height-for-age (stunting) as a core measure.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-423334\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ethiopian_Fruit_market.jpg?fit=780%2C585&ssl=1\" alt=\"Food prices, markets, and child undernutrition in Ethiopia\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paul Brenton and Mike Nyawo\u2019s work connected price shocks and distance to markets with children\u2019s bodies, not abstract CPI charts. When staples spike or roads fail, stunting statistics move years later.<\/p>\n<p>Health and economics meet in the kitchen. Ethiopian policymakers talking growth while rural markets stay thin are measuring different countries. The paper\u2019s method still helps journalists and advocates test that gap.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as reference, it belongs with lasting Horn food-security research: nutrition is a governance outcome. Prices, storage, and access are as political as any cabinet reshuffle in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/ethiopia\/food-prices-access-markets-and-child-undernutrition-ethiopia\">ReliefWeb<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/\">World Bank<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food Prices, Access to Markets and Child Undernutrition in Ethiopia &#8211; Ethiopia&nbsp;&nbsp;ReliefWebPaul Brenton Mike Nyawo. ABSTRACT. This paper looks at how changing food prices affect child undernutrition in Ethiopia. It derives height for age (stunt&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":423334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Ethiopian_Fruit_market.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-19bt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600853,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273635\/revisions\/600853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}