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Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia: What do we know, and what have we learned? (2018)
Journal Article
Gillespie, S., Poole, N., van den Bold, M., Bhavani, R. V., Dangour, A. D., & Shetty, P. (2019). Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia: What do we know, and what have we learned?. Food Policy, 82, 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.10.012

Despite significant improvements over recent decades, rates of undernutrition remain high in South Asia, with adverse impacts on morbidity and mortality. Overweight/obesity, among children and adults, is now an additional and major public health conc... Read More about Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia: What do we know, and what have we learned?.

Are agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan (2018)
Journal Article
Poole, N., Echavez, C., & Rowland, D. (2018). Are agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan. Food Security, 10(6), 1577-1601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0851-y

Despite recent improvements in the national average, stunting levels in Afghanistan exceed 70% in some Provinces. Agriculture serves as the main source of livelihood for over half of the population and has the potential to be a strong driver of a red... Read More about Are agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan.

Principles of innovation to build nutrition-sensitive food systems in South Asia (2018)
Journal Article
Glover, D., & Poole, N. (2019). Principles of innovation to build nutrition-sensitive food systems in South Asia. Food Policy, 82, 63-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.10.010

Innovations within global food systems have contributed to the predicament known as the triple burden of malnutrition – the co-existence of hunger and micronutrient deficiency with the diseases of overnutrition, such as obesity, diabetes and hyperten... Read More about Principles of innovation to build nutrition-sensitive food systems in South Asia.

Agricultural inputs and nutrition in South Asia (2018)
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Shankar, B., Poole, N., & Bird, F. A. (2019). Agricultural inputs and nutrition in South Asia. Food Policy, 82, 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.10.011

There are a number of potential pathways leading from agricultural input decisions to nutrition outcomes of farm households. These have special resonance in less developed areas of South Asia given widespread undernutrition problems, market failures... Read More about Agricultural inputs and nutrition in South Asia.

Ambition meets reality: Lessons from the taro boom in Nicaragua (2018)
Journal Article
Donovan, J., Poole, N., Poe, K., & Herrera-Arauz, I. (2018). Ambition meets reality: Lessons from the taro boom in Nicaragua. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 8(1), 77-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/JADEE-02-2017-0023

Between 2006 and 2011, Nicaragua shipped an average of US$ 9.4 million per year of smallholder-produced fresh taro (Colocasia esculenta) to the United States; however, by 2016, the US market for Nicaraguan taro had effectively collapsed. We analyse t... Read More about Ambition meets reality: Lessons from the taro boom in Nicaragua.

Value chains for nutrition in South Asia: Who delivers nutritious foods, how and to whom? (2018)
Journal Article
Maestre Morales, M., & Poole, N. (2018). Value chains for nutrition in South Asia: Who delivers nutritious foods, how and to whom?. IDS Bulletin, 49(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.19088/1968-2018.100

There is currently much talk of the private sector role in nutrition, and whether the state can ‘shape’ the market to deliver better nutritional outcomes. This issue of the IDS Bulletin presents research findings in this area, developed by the conso... Read More about Value chains for nutrition in South Asia: Who delivers nutritious foods, how and to whom?.

Building dairy value chains in Badakhshan, Afghanistan (2018)
Journal Article
Poole, N. (2018). Building dairy value chains in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. IDS Bulletin, 49(1), 107-127. https://doi.org/10.19088/1968-2018.107

Considerable recent research has tried to link agricultural production and the distribution of nutrient-rich foods to consumption, and hence improved health, of nutritionally vulnerable population groups. However, we are still unsure how agri-food va... Read More about Building dairy value chains in Badakhshan, Afghanistan.