MPC Member Publications

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Title: Considering soil moisture in models of climate impacts on child health in farming-centric countries

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

ISSN: 15737810

DOI: 10.1007/S11111-023-00426-3/TABLES/5

Abstract: Soil moisture reflects the amount of water available to crops in the top layer of soil. As such, considering soil moisture provides important insight into water availability and ultimately crop yields in agricultural settings. In studies of climate change, food security, and health, however, soil moisture is rarely empirically considered despite its connection to crop health and yields. In this project, we aim to advance understanding of climate impacts on food security by incorporating soil moisture into quantitative models of child health. Combining spatially referenced health survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys for 2005 and 2010 in Senegal and 2007, 2011, and 2014 in Bangladesh, with soil moisture data from the Famine Early Warning System Network Land Data Assimilation System, we explore the linkages between sub-annual and sub-seasonal climate conditions and child malnutrition in two rainfed agriculture dependent countries—Bangladesh and Senegal. Results suggest that soil moisture, measured on very short time scales, may be associated with reductions in anthropometric weight-for-height z-scores, but the relationship is highly dependent upon geographic context.

Url: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11111-023-00426-3

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Authors: Burrows, Ruthie A.; Grace, Kathryn; Brown, Molly E.; McNally, Amy

Periodical (Full): Population and Environment

Issue: 3

Volume: 45

Pages: 1-31

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