Despite rapid economic growth, undernutrition rates in South Asia remain among the
highest in the world. It is also seen that both rural and urban populations in developing …

How can agriculture play a more effective role in improving nutrition in countries with a high
burden of hidden hunger and where an increasing proportion of the poor sources its food …

Efforts to give a pro-nutrition focus to agriculture to address the problem of undernutrition in
developing countries have predominantly focused on boosting production and/or …

South Asia has experienced rapid economic growth, yet it still has the highest rate of child
malnutrition in the world, and half the population is undernourished. Besides children …

There is currently much talk of the private sector role in nutrition, and whether the state can
'shape'the market to deliver better nutritional outcomes. This issue of the IDS Bulletin …

There is currently much talk of the private sector role in nutrition, and whether the state can
better'shape'the market to deliver nutritional outcomes. This article introduces an issue of the …

Income growth alone cannot solve the problem of malnutrition and may in fact create
problems linked to overweight and obesity. The challenge from the nutrition perspective is …

Value chains are not a new concept and many working in agriculture and business have
been utilizing not only the concept, but have put value chains into practical use. Yet very little …

Considerable recent research has tried to link agricultural production and the distribution of
nutrient-rich foods to consumption, and hence improved health, of nutritionally vulnerable …

Synopsis (short abstract) The persistence of undernutrition and the increasing levels of
overweight and obesity worldwide (with their associated societal costs) are calling for a …