The agricultural sector has long been viewed as a major driver of poverty reduction and food security in developing countries, but is now increasingly asked to also reduce the global burden of undernutrition. The linkages between agriculture and nutrition are complex, however. Agricultural growth contributes to income and can directly supply households with a variety of foods. Agricultural markets also influence what people consume, both through the diversity of products available and their relative prices. And agricultural livelihoods bring risks also, including seasonal hazards, chemical exposure, aflatoxin exposure and zoonotic diseases.

This workshop will present recent research on these complex linkages to human nutrition. Speakers will give short presentations on a diverse array of methodologically rigorous papers covering both micro-econometric analyses of farm production, meso-analyses of markets, and integrated micro-macro analyses of the economywide linkages between agriculture, diets and nutrition. Speakers come from the International Food Policy Research Institute, Tufts University, Purdue University, the Indian Statistical Institute, Lafayette College and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.