Agriculture for Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean : From Quantity to Quality

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has been in many ways successful in increasing agriculture production and competitiveness, as well as tackling nutrition. Mainstreaming nutrition considerations into agriculture operations can increase t...

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Main Authors:	World Bank, Inter-American Institute for Agriculture Cooperation
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL R&AMP;D AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURE ANEMIA ARID AREAS AVOCADOS BANANAS BEVERAGES CALCIUM CALORIC INTAKE CALORIE DEFICIENCY CAPACITY BUILDING CARBOHYDRATES CARIBBEAN REGION CASSAVA CHILD NUTRITION CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLIENT COUNTRIES CLIMATE CHANGE COCOA COLD STORAGE COMMON PROPERTY COMMUNITY GROUPS COMPETITIVE GRANTS CONSUMER DEMAND COOKING DAIRY DAIRY PRODUCTS DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMAND FOR MEAT DIET DIET RELATED DISEASES DIETARY DIVERSITY DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMICS EGGS EMPLOYMENT SOURCE EQUIPMENT ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS ESSENTIAL OILS EXPORT MARKETS EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES EXTREME POVERTY FARMER FARMER GROUPS FARMERS FARMS FEED FEMALE EMPOWERMENT FERTILIZERS FLOUR FOOD ACCESS FOOD AID FOOD AID PROGRAMS FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD BASKET FOOD CHAIN FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD EXPORT FOOD EXPORTS FOOD FORTIFICATION FOOD HABITS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INDUSTRY FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD MARKETS FOOD NEEDS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PREPARATION FOOD PRESERVATION FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCT FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD QUALITY FOOD QUALITY CONTROL FOOD SAFETY FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS FOOD SECURITY FOOD STANDARDS FOOD SUPPLY FRUIT FRUITS GENDER GENETICS GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP GRAINS GUAVAS HUNGER HYGIENE IFPRI INFANT MORTALITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRON IRON DEFICIENCY IRRIGATION LABELING LABORATORIES LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS LEGUMES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION LOW INCOME MAIZE MALNUTRITION MALT MANGOES MARKETING MATERNAL MORTALITY MEAL MEAT MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENTS MILK MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL POVERTY NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUTRIENT NUTRIENT CONTENT NUTRITION NUTRITION EDUCATION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITION PROBLEMS NUTRITION STATUS NUTRITIONAL LOSSES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBESITY ORANGE PACKAGING PALM OIL PERISHABLE FOOD PESTICIDE PLANT BREEDING PLANT HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POST-HARVEST ACTIVITIES POST-HARVEST HANDLING POST-HARVEST INFRASTRUCTURE POST-HARVEST LOSSES POTATO POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCESSED FOODS PRODUCTION · SUPPORT PROTEIN PROTEINS PUBLIC SERVICES PULSES QUALITATIVE DATA R&AMP;D RESTAURANTS RICE RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL INCOMES RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SCIENTISTS SMALL FARMERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SOILS SOYBEAN STAPLE FOODS SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUPERMARKET SUPERMARKETS SWEET POTATO SWEET POTATOES TOTAL POVERTY UNDERNUTRITION VEGETABLES VITAMIN VITAMIN A VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VITAMIN B VITAMINS VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WATER SOURCES WEIGHT GAIN WFP WHEAT WOOD WORLD FOOD PROGRAM WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME YAMS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/19098024/agriculture-nutrition-latin-america-caribbean-quantity-quality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17281

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Summary:	The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has been in many ways successful in increasing agriculture production and competitiveness, as well as tackling nutrition. Mainstreaming nutrition considerations into agriculture operations can increase the availability of and access to nutritious food, which can improve the nutrition status of individuals. The challenge is how to bridge the gap that exists in region between being an agriculture powerhouse and yet having to tackle nutrition problems from the same households that produce the food. The new challenge of integrating nutrition and agriculture should be achievable with political leadership and inter-institutional coordination. This guidance note seeks to bridge some of the important knowledge gaps on how best to identify, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate agriculture and food security interventions. This note describes first the current situation in LAC with respect to agriculture and nutrition, then offers practical guidance to task team leaders (TTLs) regarding the available levers for positively impacting nutrition outcomes of agriculture projects, and presents a series of country notes and steps to be followed in designing nutrition sensitive interventions.

Agriculture for Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean : From Quantity to Quality

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