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Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility and Adolescent Reproductive Health in Developing Economies: Pathways,
Ángel Maridueña-Larrea1, Washington Guevara-Piedra1, Marco Faytong-Haro2
1Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Educación Comercial y Derecho, Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Milagro 091050, Ecuador.
Summary
Agricultural commodity price volatility impacts adolescent reproductive health indirectly through food security and income. This affects nutrition, schooling, and access to care, particularly for rural girls.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Development Economics
- Adolescent Reproductive Health
Background:
- Agricultural commodity markets are vital for developing economies, yet their price volatility is often overlooked as a determinant of adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
- Adolescent reproductive health is defined holistically, encompassing sexual agency, contraceptive access, pregnancy intention, maternal/neonatal outcomes, and protection from coercion.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between agricultural commodity price volatility and adolescent reproductive health.
- To determine the pathways through which price volatility influences adolescent reproductive health outcomes.
Main Methods:
- A structured narrative review approach was employed.
- An evidence map screened 1065 records, prioritizing 16 studies for full synthesis.
- Adjacent evidence on fertility, child health, schooling, and maternal/neonatal outcomes was interpreted using an evidence hierarchy.
Main Results:
- Agricultural commodity price volatility is a distal, context-conditioned determinant of adolescent reproductive health, not a direct cause.
- Effects operate through food security, household income, labor allocation, school continuity, gendered bargaining power, and service access.
- Negative shocks primarily erode nutrition, schooling, and access to care, especially for rural girls; positive shocks may increase births or union formation.
Conclusions:
- Policy interventions should focus on shock-responsive social protection, school retention, and ensuring continuity of contraceptive supplies and adolescent-friendly services.
- Early warning systems are needed to trigger health and education responses during periods of commodity price instability.
- Direct evidence on adolescent-specific impacts remains limited, necessitating careful interpretation of related health and education outcomes.
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