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Agriculture and undernutrition through the lens of economics [1]

Agricultural development has historically focused on poverty reduction and food security but is now increasingly asked to help improve nutrition. Despite this strengthened nutritional mandate, agricultural policies and programs have struggled to develop effective, scalable and cost-effective approaches for reducing undernutrition. This study was therefore undertaken to assess more the more strategic issue of how to re-design agricultural development strategies for greater nutritional impact.
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Publication Date: 
01/10/2019
Derek Headey [3], William A Masters [4]
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) [5]
Tags:
Agriculture [6], Nutrition [7], Food Policy [8], Food Prices [9], India [10], Global [11]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Agriculture and undernutrition through the lens of economics.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/derek-headey
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/william-masters
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-food-policy-research-institute-ifpri
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-policy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global