From Agriculture to Nutrition : Pathways, Synergies and Outcomes
By C. Hawkes, Marie T. Ruel. 2008
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This note discusses the direct pathways through which agricultural production can contribute to improved nutrition. It then reviews recent changes in the global environment which affect the ways in which agriculture and nutrition are linked. It concludes with a discussion of how nutrition-related objectives can be effectively incorporated into the design of agriculture programs for maximum impact on the poor.
Subfields: General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics
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Citations in the corpus
- Farm-Level Pathways to Improved Nutritional Status: Introduction to the Special Issue (2015, background): “While authors may differ in the definition of specific pathways (see, for example, Arimond et al., 2011; Gillespie & Kadiyala, 2012; Hoddinott, 2012; Ruel & Alderman, 2013; World Bank, 2007), four key areas are recurrent in the literature and have been recently taken on by the Study Group in charge ”
- Improving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: Homestead food production in Bangladesh (2009, background): “Several reviews examining the potential for agriculture programs and food-based strategies to improve nutrition have highlighted the importance of explicit nutritional objectives and nutrition education activities— specifically as behavior change communication (BCC)—to affect positive nutrition outc”