Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia, a region characterized by a high level of malnutrition. The review finds that the level and stability of food prices play a critical part in food consumption, with rising prices affecting poor households the most. Although public food transfer programs are aimed at addressing this, most are too small to have a marked effect in protecting...
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2019/03/06
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS8766
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2019/03/06
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The Nutrition Sensitivity of Food and Agriculture in South Asia
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Dizon,Felipe Jr Fadullon; Josephson,Anna Leigh; Raju,Dhushyanth.
The Nutrition Sensitivity of Food and Agriculture in South Asia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8766 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/945551551887112580