The Nutrition Sensitivity of Food and Agriculture in South Asia
Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia, a region characterized by a high level of malnutrition. The review finds that the level and stability of food prices play a crit...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/945551551887112580/The-Nutrition-Sensitivity-of-Food-and-Agriculture-in-South-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31360 |
| Summary: | Through a review of the literature, this
paper examines the links of food and agriculture with
nutrition in South Asia, a region characterized by a high
level of malnutrition. The review finds that the level and
stability of food prices play a critical part in food
consumption, with rising prices affecting poor households
the most. Although public food transfer programs are aimed
at addressing this, most are too small to have a marked
effect in protecting or promoting nutrition. Several
supply-side food and agricultural interventions suggest
promise in improving nutrition, although their effects have
yet to be well identified. These include the cultivation of
home gardens, animal farming, and use of biofortification
and post-harvest fortification. All these efforts will be
futile, however, without parallel efforts to mitigate the
effects of climate change. |
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