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L I N K I N G A G R I C U LT U R E TO N U T R I T I O NAgriculture-Nutrition Linkages and Policies in IndiaIFPRI 2012

This article highlights the findings from an evaluation of the impact of dietary diversification on severalsocio-economic indicators of linkages between agriculture and nutrition including the impact on educationand psycho-social indicators. The study also looks at the well-being of women and children, and intra-

household decision making which influences diet and nutrition security. It then proposes options fornutrition-sensitive agricultural development which supports the adoption of improved/more nutritious dietsin the home as the basis for improving nutrition security levels. These development options focus onintegrating agriculture with other sectors to create synergies for more effective policy implementation.

< http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01184.pdf >

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Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health: Exploring the Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in IndiaGillespie, S. and Kadiyala, S. 2011

This document focuses on the practical linkage between nutrition and agriculture and attempts to map this inter-play as the basis for both justifying greater investment as well as exploring areas of empirical disconnectbetween efforts for treating with agriculture development and malnutrition. It also identifies trends andindicators in nutrition outcomes, agricultural development and pathways between agriculture and nutrition whichhighlights a parallel slowing of the poverty reduction rate, epidemic of farmer suicides (indicative of deepagrarian distress), and virtual stagnation in nutrition outcomes nationwide highlight deep-rooted systemicproblems. Therein, the need for evaluating the impact of agriculture on nutrition outcomes is highlighted sincemost studies on agriculture to date have tended to focus on agricultural productivity, incomes, and price trends,and not on the unit-level data that combine information on both nutrition and agriculture.

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Increasing the Nutritional Impacts of Agricultural InterventionsBonnard, P. 2012

This publication is the 5th in a series presenting trends and perspectives on future development patterns relatedto leveraging agriculture to support nutrition outcomes. The publication takes the approach of identifyingglobal mega trends and game changers which shape market and political thinking as well as alternativeworld scenarios which show how these are likely to collectively affect governance, enterprising and humanwelfare. Agricultural issues actually feature prominently in the discussions (directly and indirectly) in thevulnerabilities of the potential impacts of economic instability on welfare issues such as employment, food andnutrition security as well as the growing scarcity, and thus competition for food, water and energy.

Contact: Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project- Academy for Educational DevelopmentVisit: http://www.fantaproject.org

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Nutrition and Agriculture: AgricultureBrief 6 of 12Oshaug, A. and Haddad, L. 2010

This brief presents three 3 main strategies for leveraging agriculture in the treatment of malnutrition: raising

agricultures impact on poverty and malnutrition; increasing the ability of farmers to meet changing consumerdemands; and increasing the effective collaboration between agriculture and nutrition to create improvedimpact on nutrition and improved profits for farmers. Through these interventions, a more coordinatedagriculture production system is advocated: one that more directly relates to market opportunities in improvingnutrition security that link production to consumer demand. In this way crop selection, production systems andmarket development efforts support mutual interests of the farmer/producer and the consumer. Building a casefor integrated thinking and action on nutrition security, the brief advocates cross-ministerial policies andprograms for food and nutrition security.

Contact: Arne Oshaug

Lawrence Haddad

Understanding the Links between Agriculture and Health Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages: Old Lessons and New ParadigmsHawkes, C. and Ruel, M. 2006

This article highlights 4 ways by which the agricultural sector can address under-nutrition; namely: increasingthe accessibility of staple foods; raising agricultural incomes; increasing access to micro-nutrient rich foods; andempowering women. It also considers potential challenges and opportunities associated with these topics andgives consideration to the changing relationship between agriculture and nutrition. The document then proceedsto identify factors such as creating environments conducive to the treatment of obesity and diet-related chronicdiseases, elevating the role of agricultural marketing in nutrition linkages, and increasing the impacts of foodand nutritional demands on agriculture by advocating a sufficient supply of staples and micronutrient-rich foodswithout encouraging excessive consumption of energy-dense, nutrient poor foods.

Contact: Corinna Hawkes Mar ie Rue l

Food Consumpt ion and Nutr i t ion Div is ion a t IFPRI

Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and HealthCGIAR

This very interesting document focuses on realizing impact from agricultural policy and operationalinterventions on the level of food and nutrition security. To that end, impact pathways are identified as well asrecommended actions which may be taken to generate outputs, outcomes and impacts along these pathways.Value chains, biofortification, the prevention and control of agriculture-associated diseases and the integrationof agriculture, nutrition and health programs and policies are the main components of the strategy advocatedfor improving the impact of interventions for food and nutrition security.

Contact: CGIAR