Ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025: the role of horticultural value chains

Fan, Shenggen

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2016.1126.2

Cited by 11 publications

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“…Around half (i.e., 16) of the studies concerned countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Liberia, Senegal, South Africa, and Uganda [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69]. The next most frequently studied region was South Asia (9 studies), including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and India [13,56,57,[70][71][72][73][74][75]. One study concerned Peru [76], and eight other studies were not location specific [9,12,37,[77][78][79][80][81].…”

Section: Current Status Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The first impact pathway related to the availability of nutritious whole foods, that might be increased by local or community production (short value chains) or by changes to distribution and retailing systems (longer value chains). Fan [57] described home gardening support programs in Bangladesh that led to increased local availability of vegetables, particularly leafy greens, and programs to support the cultivation of vacant land in the Democratic Republic of Congo that also increased local vegetable supply. In Uganda, the adoption of improved dairy cow breeds led to increased local milk supplies [62].…”

Section: Impact Pathways Related To Increasing the Availability Of Numentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The temporal availability of nutritious foods might also be increased through interventions that increase seasonal availability. This might be achieved through staggered planting systems, or systems of planting in different climatic regions [63], or by improved storage systems [57]. Processing of whole foods into ambient stable products that can be used year-round is another possibility, as demonstrated by the processing of sweet potato into flour [63].…”

Section: Impact Pathways Related To Increasing the Availability Of Numentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bio-fortified iron beans [20] Mandatory industrial fortification of a food commodity National Wheat Flour Fortification Programme in Pakistan [82] Voluntary industrial fortification of a processed food product Iron-fortified glucose biscuits in India [61]. Iron-fortified yogurt in Senegal [64] Increase the availability of nutritious whole food Household and community production of fruits, vegetables and livestock products Home gardening programs in Bangladesh [57]. Adoption of improved dairy cow breeds in Uganda [62] Changes in distribution and retailing that extend the number of hours and days when healthy whole foods can be purchased Distribution systems that include permanent retail outlets, petrol stations, convenience stores and schools [53] Changes in the production and distribution systems that extend the seasonal availability of healthy whole foods Staggered planting to extend harvest seasons [63].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Adoption of improved dairy cow breeds in Uganda [62] Changes in distribution and retailing that extend the number of hours and days when healthy whole foods can be purchased Distribution systems that include permanent retail outlets, petrol stations, convenience stores and schools [53] Changes in the production and distribution systems that extend the seasonal availability of healthy whole foods Staggered planting to extend harvest seasons [63]. Cold storage facilities used to reduce losses and increase the availability to consumers beyond the harvest-season [57] Packaging and processing to extend shelf life and facilitate wider distribution Processing of sweet potato into flour that can be used year-round [63] Improve the nutritional quality of processed food…”

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Value Chains and Diet Quality: A Review of Impact Pathways and Intervention Strategies

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Low and middle-income countries increasingly face a triple burden of malnutrition encompassing undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and excessive energy consumption contributing to overweight and obesity. Food systems are also becoming more complex, supported by investments in food processing and retailing. Traditional approaches addressing hunger, typically based on agricultural development, are deemed insufficient alone to address the problem and attention is now being directed to food value chains, although experience is currently limited. To assess the state of science and identify knowledge gaps, an integrative review of the broad topic of value chains and diet quality was undertaken, with particular focus on interventions and their related impact pathways. Interventions were classified according to their primary orientation: to increase the availability, accessibility, or desirability of nutritious food. We identified 24 separate interventions associated with 10 different impact pathways, demonstrating the numerous entry points and large potential for value chain interventions to influence diet quality. However, case study evidence regarding effectiveness remains scant. Most studies addressed individual nutrient-rich commodities that could address a nutritional deficiency in the community of interest. Rarely was overall diet quality assessed, and future studies could benefit from taking a wider perspective of dietary patterns and food substitutions. The value chain analytical approach was deemed valuable due to its consumer orientation that seeks to understand how food products are used and what motivates their choice. The systems perspective is also important as it considers the roles of actors involved in food production, distribution, marketing, and regulation. However, few studies directly engaged with the subject of the local food environment as the bridge connecting food production and food choice. The challenge is to combat the increasing prevalence of processed foods of low nutritional value through interventions that lead to nutritious food becoming more conveniently available, affordable, and desirable.

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