Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health

International Conference | 10-12 February 2011 | New Delhi, India

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    • PapersView list of Conference Briefs 2020 Conference Papers 2020 Conference Paper 1 The Nexus between Agriculture and Nutrition: Do Growth Patterns and Conditional Factors Matter? Shenggen Fan and Joanna Brzeska. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 1.3M) 2020 Conference Paper 2 Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition: Toward Conceptualizing the Linkages John Hoddinott. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 858K) 2020 Conference Paper 3 Feeding the Future’s Changing Diets: Implications for Agriculture Markets, Nutrition, and Policy Siwa Msangi and Mark Rosegrant. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 1.0M) 2020 Conference Paper 4 Value Chains for Nutrition Corinna Hawkes and Marie T. Ruel. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 2.2M) Addenda to Paper #4 Enhancing Nutritional Value and Marketability of Beans through Research and Strengthening Key Value-Chain Stakeholders in Uganda Robert Mazur, Iowa State University, USA; Henry Kizito Musoke, Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns, Uganda; Dorothy Nakimbugwe, Makerere University, Uganda; Michael Ugen, National Crops Resources Research Institute, Uganda. 2020 Conference Note 1. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 292K) Farmer, Trader, and Consumer Decisionmaking: Toward Sustainable Marketing of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato in Mozambique and Uganda Claire Coote, Keith…
    • BriefsView list of Conference Papers 2020 Conference Briefs 2020 Conference Brief 1 The Nexus between Agriculture and Nutrition: Do Growth Patterns and Conditional Factors Matter? Shenggen Fan and Joanna Brzeska. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 471K) 2020 Conference Brief 2 Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition: Toward Conceptualizing the Linkages John Hoddinott. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 389K) 2020 Conference Brief 3 Feeding the Future’s Changing Diets: Implications for Agriculture Markets, Nutrition, and Policy Siwa Msangi and Mark Rosegrant. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 454K) 2020 Conference Brief 4 Value Chains for Nutrition Corinna Hawkes and Marie T. Ruel. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 490K) 2020 Conference Brief 5 Responding to Health Risks along the Value Chain Pippa Chenevix Trench, Clare Narrod, Devesh Roy, and Marites Tiongco. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 516K) 2020 Conference Brief 6 Turning Economic Growth into Nutrition-Sensitive Growth Derek Headey. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (PDF 438K) 2020 Conference Brief 7 Growth is Good, but is Not Enough to Improve Nutrition Olivier Ecker, Clemens Breisinger, and Karl Pauw. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research…
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    • The Way Forward StatementLeveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health: The Way Forward Draft as of February 3, 2011 | Download (PDF 375K) The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is facilitating a policy consultation process, the centerpiece of which is an international conference on “Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health” on February 10–12, 2011, in New Delhi, India. This draft statement is understood as a “living document” subject to further debate and change in the coming months. We at IFPRI note that this statement does not imply any endorsement by the conference participants or the cosponsors. Rather the statement is a synthesis of our own preliminary conclusions to stimulate international debate on the way forward and action. We welcome comments and feedback on this draft via the comment form below. The Challenge The linkages between agriculture, nutrition, and health seem obvious: adequate levels and qualities of food produced and consumed promote good nutrition and robust health. The reality, however, is that patterns of food production and consumption vary widely around the world and the positive linkages between agriculture, nutrition, and health are not realized. Despite the large role that agriculture has played in the past, a number of pressing problems in…
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2020 Conference Briefs

  • 2020 Conference Brief 1
    The Nexus between Agriculture and Nutrition: Do Growth Patterns and Conditional Factors Matter?
    Shenggen Fan and Joanna Brzeska. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 471K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 2
    Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition: Toward Conceptualizing the Linkages
    John Hoddinott. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 389K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 3
    Feeding the Future’s Changing Diets: Implications for Agriculture Markets, Nutrition, and Policy
    Siwa Msangi and Mark Rosegrant. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 454K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 4
    Value Chains for Nutrition
    Corinna Hawkes and Marie T. Ruel. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 490K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 5
    Responding to Health Risks along the Value Chain
    Pippa Chenevix Trench, Clare Narrod, Devesh Roy, and Marites Tiongco. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 516K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 6
    Turning Economic Growth into Nutrition-Sensitive Growth
    Derek Headey. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 438K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 7
    Growth is Good, but is Not Enough to Improve Nutrition
    Olivier Ecker, Clemens Breisinger, and Karl Pauw. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 628K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 8
    Governing the Dietary Transition: Linking Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health
    Robert Paarlberg. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 440K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 9
    Gender: A Key Dimension Linking Agricultural Programs to Improved Nutrition and Health
    Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Julia Behrman, Purnima Menon, and Agnes Quisumbing. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 431K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 10
    Cross-Sectoral Coordination in the Public Sector: A Challenge to Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health
    Todd Benson. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 472K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 11
    Advocacy to Reduce Malnutrition in Uganda: Some Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa
    Brenda Shenute Namugumya. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 445K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 12
    Accelerating National Policymaking across Sectors to Enhance Nutrition
    Robert Mwadime. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 537K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 13
    The Food System and Its Interaction with Human Health and Nutrition
    Per Pinstrup-Andersen. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 669K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 14
    Bridging the Gap between the Agriculture and Health Sectors
    Joachim von Braun, Marie T. Ruel, and Stuart Gillespie. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 411K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 15
    Do Health Investments Improve Agricultural Productivity? Lessons from Agricultural Household and Health Research
    Paul E. McNamara, John M. Ulimwengu, and Kenneth L. Leonard. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 507K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 16
    Addressing the Links among Agriculture, Malaria, and Development in Africa
    Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, Felix A. Asante, Jifar Tarekegn, and Kwaw S. Andam. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 534K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 17
    Two-Way Links between Health and Farm Labor
    Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, Catherine Chiang, Paul Thangata, and Kwaw S. Andam. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 716K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 18
    Agriculture-Associated Diseases: Adapting Agriculture to Improve Human Health
    John McDermott and Delia Grace. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 430K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 19
    Biofortification: Leveraging Agriculture to Reduce Hidden Hunger
    Howarth Bouis and Yassir Islam. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 501K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 20
    Exploring the Agriculture–Nutrition Disconnect in India
    Stuart Gillespie and Suneetha Kadiyala. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 547K)
  • 2020 Conference Brief 21
    The Role of Agricultural Growth in Reducing Poverty and Hunger: The Case of Tanzania
    Karl Pauw and James Thurlow. Washington, D.C. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    (PDF 487K)

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