Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: What have we learned so far?
By M. Ruel, A. Quisumbing, Mysbah Balagamwala. Global Food Security, 2018
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Abstract A growing number of governments, donor agencies, and development organizations are committed to supporting nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) to achieve their development goals. While consensus exists on pathways through which agriculture may influence nutrition-related outcomes, empirical evidence on agriculture's contribution to nutrition and how it can be enhanced is still weak. This paper reviews recent empirical evidence (since 2014), including findings from impact evaluations of a variety of NSA programs using experimental designs as well as observational studies that document linkages between agriculture, women's empowerment, and nutrition linkages. The paper summarizes existing knowledge regarding impacts, but also pathways, mechanisms, and contextual factors that affect where and how agriculture may improve nutrition outcomes. The paper concludes with reflections on implications for agricultural programs, policies, and investments, and highlights future research priorities.
Subfields: General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics, Safety Research
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- Food Access Deficiencies in Sub-saharan Africa: Prevalence and Implications for Agricultural Interventions (2019, background): “A number of observational studies have assessed the linkages between agriculture and nutrition in the past 3 years (e.g., Gillespie et al., 2017; Fraval et al., 2018a; Ruel et al., 2018; Beveridge et al., 2019; Ritzema et al., 2019).”
- Food systems everywhere: Improving relevance in practice (2020, background): “Gender is seen as central to food systems, where both men and women have (different) roles, responsibilities, power and preferences in production, markets and consumption and are differently affected by food system transformation (Ruel et al., 2018).”