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Weather and health shocks in rural Uganda: heterogeneous consumption effects and coping strategies

Amondo, Emily Injete / Lukas Kornher / Rosemary Emegu Isoto / Alisher Mirzabaev / Bernard Bashaasha / Joachim von Braun
External Publications (2026)

in: Agriculture and Food Security 15, 42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-026-00607-x
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Compound and cascading shocks are common in rural areas and pose significant threats to food security and household welfare. While the importance of these combined shocks for rural communities is gaining attention, there is still very limited empirical research on the topic. This paper aims to assess the joint effects of weather and health shocks on the food, non-food, and total consumption of rural households in Uganda while also exploring heterogeneity in these effects across households and discussing the underlying mechanisms and coping strategies Our analysis uses customized high-frequency panel household survey data collected across six waves, employing fixed effects quantile regression method and a control function approach to address the potential endogeneity of health shocks.

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