Gender, Agriculture, and Nutrition in South Asia: Conceptualising the Links
Existing evidence delineates 7 pathways between agriculture and nutrition
Abstract
Even with higher economic growth and an overall reduction in poverty, there exists child undernutrition, maternal undernutrition and diverse forms of micro nutrient deficiencies – a phenomenon labelled as the South Asian Paradox. Eradicating undernutrition requires a dedicated effort to alleviating child undernutrition, as South Asia accounts for forty percent of the world’s undernourished children (see Table 1). Agricultural growth, by enabling farming households to grow more/better food for self-consumption, and opening opportunities for employment, can contribute importantly to this process.
This research is supported by the Department for International Development’s by the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) programme
Citation
Nitya Rao, Bhargavi Motukuri, R B Bhavani. Gender, Agriculture, and Nutrition in South Asia: Conceptualising the Links. Research Brief No.7, July 2017, 4p
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