Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi

This report combines international evidence with new primary and secondary analyses of Malawian data to understand the different pathways linking agriculture, food security, and nutrition for households in Malawi and to illuminate different dimensions of these links. In addition to outlining differe...

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Main Authors: Harris, Jody, Aberman, Noora-Lisa
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146629
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description This report combines international evidence with new primary and secondary analyses of Malawian data to understand the different pathways linking agriculture, food security, and nutrition for households in Malawi and to illuminate different dimensions of these links. In addition to outlining different theoretical and methodological approaches to studying these connections, this report provides evidence on the role of commodity production, food prices, agricultural diversification, and irrigation in changing household food security and access to different nutrients, as well as impacts on individual diets and nutrition. This chapter provides a summary of the empirical chapters, draws out some key themes, and suggests some implications for Malawi and other countries with a large agriculture sector that concurrently face issues of food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition.
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spelling CGSpace1466292025-11-06T03:55:30Z Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi Harris, Jody Aberman, Noora-Lisa capacity development agriculture smallholders malnutrition nutrition irrigation food security food prices poverty diet diversification This report combines international evidence with new primary and secondary analyses of Malawian data to understand the different pathways linking agriculture, food security, and nutrition for households in Malawi and to illuminate different dimensions of these links. In addition to outlining different theoretical and methodological approaches to studying these connections, this report provides evidence on the role of commodity production, food prices, agricultural diversification, and irrigation in changing household food security and access to different nutrients, as well as impacts on individual diets and nutrition. This chapter provides a summary of the empirical chapters, draws out some key themes, and suggests some implications for Malawi and other countries with a large agriculture sector that concurrently face issues of food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition. 2018-02-22 2024-06-21T09:07:51Z 2024-06-21T09:07:51Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146629 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292864 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Harris, Jody; and Aberman, Noora-Lisa. 2018. Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi. In Agriculture, food security, and nutrition in Malawi: Leveraging the links, eds. Noora-Lisa Aberman, Janice Meerman, and Todd Benson. Chapter 7, Pp. 67-69. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146629
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agriculture
smallholders
malnutrition
nutrition
irrigation
food security
food prices
poverty
diet
diversification
Harris, Jody
Aberman, Noora-Lisa
Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi
title Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi
title_full Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi
title_fullStr Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi
title_full_unstemmed Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi
title_short Conclusions: The key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in Malawi
title_sort conclusions the key role of agriculture in achieving better diets in malawi
topic capacity development
agriculture
smallholders
malnutrition
nutrition
irrigation
food security
food prices
poverty
diet
diversification
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