Impact of agricultural interventions on the nutritional status in South Asia: A review

Pandey, Vijay Laxmi; Dev, S. Mahendra; Jayachandran, Usha

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.05.002

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“…More specifically, the expansion of carbohydrate production may have alleviated immediate hunger, but the nutrition of the population is still found wanting due to the absence of sufficient diversity in diets. Greater diversity in production is a seen as one panacea (e.g., [28]).…”

Section: The Underpinnings Of Scarcity and Equitable Water Distributimentioning

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From Sharing the Burden of Scarcity to Markets: Ill-Fitting Water Property Rights and the Pressure of Economic Transition in South Asia

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2019

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In this paper, we consider the process of transition from an equitable distribution of water to support semi-subsistence outcomes to market-oriented agriculture. We examine the stresses placed on water institutions as farmers adjust production to become more market-oriented and consider the relationship between farmers and irrigation officials under different scenarios. The paper is used to highlight some of the challenges pertaining to property rights but also considers the dangers of simply transposing solutions from full-market agriculture in developed economies to developing nations and countries in transition. In this context the role of Participatory Irrigation Management is scrutinized. We argue that this approach can potentially accommodate greater flexibility and market orientation in agriculture but ultimately the beneficiary-benefactor relationship between irrigation officials and farmers in parts of South Asia needs to be seriously challenged.

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Section: The Underpinnings Of Scarcity and Equitable Water Distributimentioning

confidence: 99%

From Sharing the Burden of Scarcity to Markets: Ill-Fitting Water Property Rights and the Pressure of Economic Transition in South Asia

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Cooper

Burton

2019

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“…Our findings are in line with earlier findings from reviews (Masset et al 2012;Girard et al 2012) that suggest there is limited evidence of agricultural interventions having significant positive impacts on child nutrition. Other studies (Berti et al 2004;Pandey et al 2016) found that without additional programming in other areas relevant for positive nutrition outcomes, such as gender or nutrition, agricultural programs are unlikely to have a significant positive impact on nutrition. The N2Africa project did include training on soya processing and targeted inclusion of 50% female participants but during the first phase did not include nutrition-specific training or other genderrelated interventions.…”

Section: N2africa and Children's Nutrition Outcomesmentioning

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Grain legume cultivation and children’s dietary diversity in smallholder farming households in rural Ghana and Kenya

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Boosting smallholder food production can potentially improve children's nutrition in rural Sub-Saharan Africa through a production-own consumption pathway and an income-food purchase pathway. Rigorously designed studies are needed to provide evidence for nutrition impact, but are often difficult to implement in agricultural projects. Within the framework of a large agricultural development project supporting legume production (N2Africa), we studied the potential to improve children's dietary diversity by comparing N2Africa and non-N2Africa households in a cross-sectional quasi-experimental design, followed by structural equation modelling (SEM) and focus group discussions in rural Ghana and Kenya. Comparing N2Africa and non-N2Africa households, we found that participating in N2Africa was not associated with improved dietary diversity of children.However, for soybean, SEM indicated a relatively good fit to the posteriori model in Kenya but not in Ghana, and in Kenya only the production-own consumption pathway was fully supported, with no effect through the income-food purchase pathway. Results are possibly related to differences in the food environment between the two countries, related to attribution of positive characteristics to soybean, the variety of local soybean-based dishes, being a new crop or not, women's involvement in soybean cultivation, the presence of markets, and being treated as a food or cash crop. These findings confirm the importance of the food environment for translation of enhanced crop production into improved human nutrition. This study also shows that in a situation where rigorous study designs cannot be implemented, SEM is a useful option to analyse whether agriculture projects have the potential to improve nutrition.

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“…• Agriculture-nutrition linkages Several studies have analyzed the ways in which agriculture can be leveraged to enhance nutritional outcomes (Pandey, Dev, and Jayachandran 2016). The strong association between agricultural interventions and nutritional status through the production of targeted nutritionrich crops, homestead gardens, and diversification of the agricultural production system toward fruits and vegetables and aquaculture supports improving nutrient intake and nutritional outcomes.…”

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Food policies and nutrition transition in Sri Lanka: Historical trends, political regimes, and options for interventions

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Impact of agricultural interventions on the nutritional status in South Asia: A review

Cited by 179 publications

References 23 publications

From Sharing the Burden of Scarcity to Markets: Ill-Fitting Water Property Rights and the Pressure of Economic Transition in South Asia

From Sharing the Burden of Scarcity to Markets: Ill-Fitting Water Property Rights and the Pressure of Economic Transition in South Asia

Grain legume cultivation and children’s dietary diversity in smallholder farming households in rural Ghana and Kenya

Food policies and nutrition transition in Sri Lanka: Historical trends, political regimes, and options for interventions

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