Unraveling India's Malnutrition dilemma - a path toward nutrition-sensitive agriculture.

Abstract

A lemon vendor at a wholesale fruit market in Kolkata, India. India is the world's largest producer of lemons, much of which are exported to Gulf countries.

Agriculture and Allied Sectors in Nutritional Security

“…Policy and institutional support for staple crops relative to other crops, as illustrated by PDS, has crowded out traditional micronutrient-rich food crops, such as coarse grains and pulses. India's disproportionate price and marketing incentives to major cereals have made diversification to pulses and coarse grains difficult (Pingali and Abraham, 2021). Most nutrients are also income elastic, therefore, a rise in income also increases nutritional intake (Pingali and Rao, 2017) especially among the lower income groups.…”