The agrifood system in South Asia: Pathways to sustainable healthy diets
South Asia is home to an estimated 2.08 billion people, making it the most densely populated region on the planet. This places immense pressure on the region’s agrifood systems to ensure that healthy and affordable food is available for all, a goal that can only be met by addressing today’s multiple...
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| author | International Food Policy Research Institute Scott, Samuel P. Kishore, Avinash Headey, Derek D. |
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| description | South Asia is home to an estimated 2.08 billion people, making it the most densely populated region on the planet. This places immense pressure on the region’s agrifood systems to ensure that healthy and affordable food is available for all, a goal that can only be met by addressing today’s multiple interconnected challenges. Overcoming bottlenecks in agrifood systems — the networks of actors, activities, infrastructure, and policies that are involved in getting food from farms to mouths — requires data and evidence on the many elements of these complex systems. Moreover, that evidence must serve as a catalytic driver of change, which further requires strong partnerships between donors, researchers, civil society, industry, and policymakers.
This report begins with a summary of the latest evidence on diets in the region, and then traces the drivers of current diets, starting from the food environment experienced by consumers, back through the diverse markets and farm production, and finally looks at the role of social protection and agrifood policy. The chapters on diets include close looks at consumption of unhealthy foods, the (un)affordability of healthy diets, and behavioral and environmental drivers of food choice. Production-related chapters consider trade-offs between production and consumption as well as how farming households adapt to climate shocks. Other chapters review evidence on the roles of men, women, and adolescents at different points in agrifood systems. The final chapters address lessons learned from social protection and on structural variations in India’s agricultural value chains. Many of the chapters draw from surveys recently conducted in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal under the CGIAR Research Initiative on Transforming Agrifood Systems (TAFSSA). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1780502025-11-26T02:13:04Z The agrifood system in South Asia: Pathways to sustainable healthy diets International Food Policy Research Institute Scott, Samuel P. Kishore, Avinash Headey, Derek D. agrifood systems sustainability healthy diets nutrition food environment food consumption South Asia is home to an estimated 2.08 billion people, making it the most densely populated region on the planet. This places immense pressure on the region’s agrifood systems to ensure that healthy and affordable food is available for all, a goal that can only be met by addressing today’s multiple interconnected challenges. Overcoming bottlenecks in agrifood systems — the networks of actors, activities, infrastructure, and policies that are involved in getting food from farms to mouths — requires data and evidence on the many elements of these complex systems. Moreover, that evidence must serve as a catalytic driver of change, which further requires strong partnerships between donors, researchers, civil society, industry, and policymakers. This report begins with a summary of the latest evidence on diets in the region, and then traces the drivers of current diets, starting from the food environment experienced by consumers, back through the diverse markets and farm production, and finally looks at the role of social protection and agrifood policy. The chapters on diets include close looks at consumption of unhealthy foods, the (un)affordability of healthy diets, and behavioral and environmental drivers of food choice. Production-related chapters consider trade-offs between production and consumption as well as how farming households adapt to climate shocks. Other chapters review evidence on the roles of men, women, and adolescents at different points in agrifood systems. The final chapters address lessons learned from social protection and on structural variations in India’s agricultural value chains. Many of the chapters draw from surveys recently conducted in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal under the CGIAR Research Initiative on Transforming Agrifood Systems (TAFSSA). 2025-12 2025-11-20T16:36:01Z 2025-11-20T16:36:01Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178050 en Open Access application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute. 2025. The agrifood system in South Asia: Pathways to sustainable healthy diets. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178050 |
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| title | The agrifood system in South Asia: Pathways to sustainable healthy diets |
| title_full | The agrifood system in South Asia: Pathways to sustainable healthy diets |
| title_fullStr | The agrifood system in South Asia: Pathways to sustainable healthy diets |
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| title_short | The agrifood system in South Asia: Pathways to sustainable healthy diets |
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