Agriculture and nutrition in India: mapping evidence to pathways
In India, progress against undernutrition has been slow. Given its importance for income generation, improving diets, care practices, and maternal health, the agriculture sector is widely regarded as playing an important role in accelerating the reduction in undernutrition. This paper comprehensively maps existing evidence along agriculture–
nutrition pathways in India and assesses both the quality and coverage of the existing literature. We present a conceptual framework delineating six key pathways between agriculture and nutrition. Three pathways pertain to the nutritional impacts of farmproduction, farmincomes, and food prices. The other three pertain to agriculture–gender
linkages. After an extensive search, we found 78 research papers that provided evidence to populate these pathways.
