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. 2017 Feb;67:106–118. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.020

Table 1.

Summary of micro-studies on income and nutritional effects of cash crop production reviewed in von Braun and Kennedy (1986).

Study Country Crop Effects on
Family consumption Nutritional Status
Lev (1981) Tanzania Coffee, Bananas Positive n.a.
Hitchings (1982) Kenya Tea, Coffee, Cotton, Pyrethrum, Sugarcane n.a. Positive, Positive, Neutral, Neutral, Negative
Rabeneck (1982) Kenya Coffee, Staples n.a. Positive
Fleuret and Fleuret (1983) Kenya Coffee, Vegetables n.a. Positive
Gross and Underwood (1971) Brazil Sisal Negative n.a.
Dewey (1981) Mexico Cocoa, Sugarcane n.a. Negative
Hernandez et al. (1974) Mexico Cocoa, Sugarcane n.a. Negative
Lambert (1978) Papua New Guinea Coffee Negative n.a.
Harvey and Heywood (1983) Papua New Guinea Coffee Positive Positive

Source:von Braun and Kennedy (1986), table 16, page 47.