This chapter discusses the role of women in agriculture, and the ways in which their status affects the health and nutrition of their households.
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This chapter summarizes key findings from recent reviews of evidence of the nutritional impacts of agricultural programs.
This chapter describes three main channels through which changing agriculture can affect nutrition: • the level and stability of real income and purchasing power among poor people; • the relative cost and difficulty of acquiring more nutritious fo
This chapter first reviews the relationship between governance systems and processes (at various levels) and the nutrition sensitivity of agri-food systems, before reviewing the role of leadership in orienting such systems toward nutrition goals.
Improving nutrition through biofortification
There is much unfinished business in scaling up and mainstreaming biofortification.
Food value chains for nutrition
Despite global goals to decrease malnutrition, there remain many challenges in providing access to a nutritious diet for all.