Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status : Introduction to the Special Issue

Global, national and local policies and programmes for agricultural development are recurrently justified based on their alleged role in improving food and nutrition security. However, strikingly little evidence is available to prove that a direct, household-level link between agricultural productio...

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Main Authors:	Carletto, Gero, Ruel, Marie, Winters, Paul, Zezza, Alberto
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	agricultural productivity household consumption nutrition
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23514

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spelling	okr-10986-235142021-04-23T14:04:15Z Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status : Introduction to the Special Issue Carletto, Gero Ruel, Marie Winters, Paul Zezza, Alberto agricultural productivity household consumption nutrition Global, national and local policies and programmes for agricultural development are recurrently justified based on their alleged role in improving food and nutrition security. However, strikingly little evidence is available to prove that a direct, household-level link between agricultural production and improved nutrition exists. The objective of this special issue is to systematically and empirically test, using data from Africa and South Asia, whether a relationship between household agricultural production and nutrition can be found. Overall, the studies in this special issue support the hypothesis that household agricultural production has direct and important linkages with dietary patterns and nutrition. 2015-12-24T17:03:35Z 2015-12-24T17:03:35Z 2015-12-24 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23514 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa South Asia
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description	Global, national and local policies and programmes for agricultural development are recurrently justified based on their alleged role in improving food and nutrition security. However, strikingly little evidence is available to prove that a direct, household-level link between agricultural production and improved nutrition exists. The objective of this special issue is to systematically and empirically test, using data from Africa and South Asia, whether a relationship between household agricultural production and nutrition can be found. Overall, the studies in this special issue support the hypothesis that household agricultural production has direct and important linkages with dietary patterns and nutrition.
format	Journal Article
author	Carletto, Gero Ruel, Marie Winters, Paul Zezza, Alberto
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title	Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status : Introduction to the Special Issue
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Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status : Introduction to the Special Issue

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