EFFECT OF AGRICULTURAL SEASONS ON ENERGY INTAKE: EVIDENCE FROM TWO AGRO-ECOLOGICALLY DIFFERENT RURAL DISTRICTS OF INDIA
Seasonality is recognised as a constraint to agricultural production and food and nutrition security of rural households. It alters the energy intake from different groups of foods based on the availability. These variations in energy intake affect the nutritional status of the population. Eight villages in Wardha district of Maharashtra state and eleven villages in Koraput district of Odisha state were purposefully selected for the study.
How can health, agriculture and economic policy actors work together to enhance the external food environment for fruit and vegetables? A qualitative policy analysis in India
The benefits of fruit and vegetables are well established, particularly their role in preventing general micronutrient-deficiencies and chronic diseases. However, global food systems are not delivering diverse and high quality diets: healthy food is unavailable and too expensive for many. Creating food environments that foster consumer access to fruit and vegetables will require coordinated policy action across sectors, mostly outside of the health sector.
Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia and East Africa: examining the enabling environment through stakeholder perceptions
South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are the two regions of the world with the highest concentration of undernutrition. The majority of the nutritionally vulnerable populations
in both regions is dependent in some way upon agriculture as a primary source of livelihood.
