Food Systems For Healthier Diets In Bangladesh Towards A Research Agenda

Author : de Brauw, Alan,Waid, Jillian,Meisner, Craig A.,Akter, Fahmida,Khan, Bushra Ferdous
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Food systems for healthier diets in Bangladesh: Towards a research agenda by de Brauw, Alan,Waid, Jillian,Meisner, Craig A.,Akter, Fahmida,Khan, Bushra Ferdous Pdf

The national food system of Bangladesh has made substantial progress since experiencing famine in 1974, soon after independence. After the famine, the government placed a strong emphasis on policies required to attain grain self-sufficiency; since attaining self-sufficiency, the production system, policies related to it, and resulting diets have begun to diversify. Nonetheless, undernutrition remains a problem, and fruit and vegetable consumption are inadequate for most people relative to international recommendations. Moreover, as the food system has begun to transition towards a modern one, challenges related to food safety and perceived food adulteration have begun to rise. Further, increased processed food intakes are potentially associated with existing rising overweight and obesity status. Both government interventions and innovations are needed to help shift the national food system to improve nutrient-dense food availability, particularly among the poor, and to limit the increase in processed food consumption.

Author : Alan De Brauw,Jillian Waid,Craig Meisner,Fahmida Akter,Bushra Ferdous Khan,Lalita Bhattacharjee,Md Nazmul Alam,Sabiha Sultana,Md Nazim Uddin,Foyzul Bari Himel,Kendra Byrd,Mohammad Latiful Bari,Shamia Chowdhury,Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted,Rudaba Khondker
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1353594432

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Food Systems for Healthier Diets in Bangladesh by Alan De Brauw,Jillian Waid,Craig Meisner,Fahmida Akter,Bushra Ferdous Khan,Lalita Bhattacharjee,Md Nazmul Alam,Sabiha Sultana,Md Nazim Uddin,Foyzul Bari Himel,Kendra Byrd,Mohammad Latiful Bari,Shamia Chowdhury,Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted,Rudaba Khondker Pdf

Author : Jessica E. Raneri,Gina Kennedy,Trang Nguyen,Sigrid Wertheim-Heck,Ha Do,Stef de Haan,Nguyen Phuong
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Determining key research areas for healthier diets and sustainable food systems in Viet Nam by Jessica E. Raneri,Gina Kennedy,Trang Nguyen,Sigrid Wertheim-Heck,Ha Do,Stef de Haan,Nguyen Phuong Pdf

Vietnamese food systems are undergoing rapid transformation, with important implications for human and environmental health and economic development. Poverty has decreased, and diet quality and undernutrition have improved significantly since the end of the Doi Moi reform period (1986-1993) as a result of Viet Nam opening its economy and increasing its regional and global trade. Yet poor diet quality is still contributing the triple burden of malnutrition, with 25 percent stunting among children under age 5, 26 percent and 29 percent of women and children, respectively, anemic, and 21 percent of adults overweight. Agricultural production systems have shifted from predominantly diverse smallholder systems to larger more commercialized and specialized systems, especially for crops, while the ‘meatification’ of the Vietnamese diet is generating serious trade-offs between improved nutrition and sustainability of the Vietnamese food systems. The food processing industry has developed rapidly, together with food imports, resulting in new and processed food products penetrating the food retail outlets, trending towards an increase in the Westernized consumption patterns that are shifting nutrition-related problems towards overweight and obesity and, with it, an increase of non-communicable disease-related health risks. While regulatory policies exist across the food system, these are not systematically implemented, making food safety a major concern for consumers and policy makers alike. Where data exists, it is not easy to aggregate with data from across food system dimensions, making it difficult for Viet Nam to make an informed analysis of current and potential food system trade-offs. In our research, we reviewed existing literature and data, and applied a food systems framework to develop an initial food systems profile for Viet Nam and to identify a comprehensive set a of research questions to fill current data gaps identified through the review. Insights on these would provide the comprehensive evidence needed to inform policy makers on how to develop new food systems policies for Viet Nam, and further refine and improve existing policies to achieve better quality diets and more sustainable food systems in Viet Nam. Based on these, we then engaged with stakeholders to develop research priorities in the Viet Nam context and identified 25 priority research questions. This paper aims to stimulate such reflections by clearly outlining key areas for research, government policy, and development programs on priority investment to build the evidence base around inclusive food systems interventions that aim to result in healthier diets and more sustainable food systems for Viet Nam

Author : Busie Maziya-Dixon,Thom Achterbosch,Delana Adelekan,Olutayo Adeyemi,Victor Ajieroh,Dare Akerele,Adebayo Akinola,Emmanuel Alamu,Siemen van Berkum,Kendra Byrd,Aafke Nijhuis,Makuachukwu Gabriel Ojide,Adeyinka Onabolu,Johnson Onyibe,Ireen Raaijmakers,Folake Samuel,Harriette Snoek,Adekunle M. Yusuf,Inge D. Brouwer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1356278730

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Food Systems for Healthier Diets in Nigeria by Busie Maziya-Dixon,Thom Achterbosch,Delana Adelekan,Olutayo Adeyemi,Victor Ajieroh,Dare Akerele,Adebayo Akinola,Emmanuel Alamu,Siemen van Berkum,Kendra Byrd,Aafke Nijhuis,Makuachukwu Gabriel Ojide,Adeyinka Onabolu,Johnson Onyibe,Ireen Raaijmakers,Folake Samuel,Harriette Snoek,Adekunle M. Yusuf,Inge D. Brouwer Pdf

Author : Valentina Hartarska,Robert J. Cull
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789903874

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Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development by Valentina Hartarska,Robert J. Cull Pdf

This timely Handbook collates a range of evidence from top scholars in the field to help readers understand who microfinance reaches, how it helps, and why clients come back. It offers updated views on important concepts that enable a broader framework for understanding poverty and the corresponding financial needs of poor households.

Author : Jonathan Wilkenfeld,Egle E. Murauskaite
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800887329

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Escalation Management in International Crises by Jonathan Wilkenfeld,Egle E. Murauskaite Pdf

Based on cutting-edge research by an interdisciplinary team of academics and policy analysts, this insightful and timely book considers the role of great power competition in what has come to be known as gray zone conflict. Taking the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine as a backdrop for some of its critical evaluation, it also examines US and NATO approaches to the management of escalation in asymmetric conflicts, and proposes innovative tools for managing crises in the future.

Author : Melesse, Mequanint B.,Van den berg, Marrit,Béné, Christophe,Brouwer, Inge D,de Brauw, Alan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Improving diets through food systems in low- and middle-income countries: Metrics for analysis by Melesse, Mequanint B.,Van den berg, Marrit,Béné, Christophe,Brouwer, Inge D,de Brauw, Alan Pdf

Taking a food systems approach is a promising strategy for improving diets. Implementing such an approach would require the use of a comprehensive set of metrics to characterize food systems, set meaningful goals, track food systems performance, and evaluate the impacts of food systems interventions. Food systems metrics are also useful to structure debates and communicate to policy makers and the general public. This paper provides an updated analytical framework of food systems and uses this to systematically identify relevant metrics and indicators based on data availability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The list of indicators partly overlaps with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators, but these do not cover all aspects of the food system. We conclude that public data are relatively available on food systems drivers and outcomes, and on some, but not all, of the activities. With only minor additional investments, existing surveys could be extended to cove

Author : Ecker, Olivier,Comstock, Andrew R.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dietary change and food demand in urbanizing Bangladesh by Ecker, Olivier,Comstock, Andrew R. Pdf

Poor-quality diets are one of the leading causes of malnutrition and common non-communicable disease. In this study, we use nationally representative household survey data and food demand system estimations to analyze dietary change and changing consumer preferences for different foods in the context of urbanization in low- and middle-income countries. We estimate and compare income and price elasticities of total food demand and the demand for 15 food groups in rural, urban, and city areas of Bangladesh for 2010 and 2016. We then use Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition regressions to explore how much of the observed food consumption changes can be explained by changes in revealed consumer preferences vis-à-vis changes in household income and food prices. The results show that Bangladeshi diets shifted from coarse to refined rice, and consumer preferences for vegetables and pulses were relatively low, contributing to worsening dietary quality. On the other hand, the consumption of nutritious, animal-source foods including fish, poultry, and eggs increased due to high consumer preferences and declining food prices-partly thanks to governmental production support. Regarding the dietary implications of rapid urbanization, the analysis suggests that rural consumers’ diets will largely follow the trajectory of urban consumers in Bangladesh.

Author : International Center for Tropical Agriculture,Editora da UFRGS
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251354759

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Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets – Volume 1 by International Center for Tropical Agriculture,Editora da UFRGS Pdf

Sustainable Public Food Procurement (PFP) represents a key game changer for food systems transformation. It can influence both food consumption and food production patterns. It can deliver multiple social, economic and environmental benefits towards sustainable food systems for healthy diets. This publication aims to contribute to the improved understanding, dissemination and use of PFP as a development tool in particular in the case of school meals programmes. In Volume 1, researchers, policymakers and development partners can find evidence on how PFP can be used as a development tool and deliver multiple benefits for multiple beneficiaries. It argues that PFP can provide a market for local and smallholder farmers, promote the conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity, and improve the nutrition and health of children and communities. Volume 2 of this publication, available at https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7969en, presents further analysis of the instruments, enablers and barriers for PFP implementation. It also provides case studies with local, regional and national experiences from Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America.

Author : CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Gender research strategy by CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) Pdf

The primary goal of SHiFT’s gender-responsive food system research is to support the achievement of the SHiFT initiative’s objectives through greater attention to gender issues (Table 1). A secondary goal is to ensure that SHiFT research does not exacerbate existing inequalities, and, where feasible, fosters positive change in women’s empowerment. If SHiFT and its partners were to ignore gender issues, the interventions or other solutions that they design and test would likely fail to address the needs of specific groups where inequality persists.

Author : Baye, Kaleab,Hirvonen, Kalle
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Accelerating progress in improving diets and nutrition in Ethiopia by Baye, Kaleab,Hirvonen, Kalle Pdf

Ethiopia has witnessed significant reductions in child mortality, undernutrition, and communicable diseases, but more substantial and faster progress is still needed. The rise in obesity and in noncommunicable diseases, particularly in urban areas, is alarming and requires urgent policy and programmatic attention. Unhealthy diets drive both undernutrition and obesity and are the underlying cause of significant proportion of both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Maintaining the relatively high breastfeeding practices and increasing the diversity of diets will be critical to improving nutrition in Ethiopia. Implementation of effective nutrition messaging that shapes consumer behavior to adopt healthy dietary patterns, while bridging gaps in both the reach and the quality of such messaging is warranted. The health extension program, which is the cornerstone of the transformation of the health sector, may need to be redesigned in a way that improves its reach and the quality of the services it provides and minimizes the risk of burnout of frontline health workers. Interventions focusing on making healthy diets available, affordable, and accessible are urgently needed.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,World Food Programme ,World Health Organization ,United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund 
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9789251338537

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Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,World Food Programme ,World Health Organization ,United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund  Pdf

The 2020 report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the Asia and Pacific region, provides an update on progress towards the 2030 targets (SDGs and WHA) at the regional and country level. Selected indicators look at undernourishment, food insecurity, childhood stunting, wasting and overweight, adult overweight, child minimum acceptable diet, exclusive and continued breastfeeding, and anaemia in women and children. While the region continues to work towards ending all forms of malnutrition and achieving Zero Hunger, progress on food security and nutrition has slowed, and the Asia and Pacific region is not on track to achieving 2030 targets. About 350.6 million people in the Asia and Pacific region are estimated to have been undernourished in 2019, about 51 percent of the global total. An estimated 74.5 million children under five years of age were stunted and a total of 31.5 million were wasted in the Asia and Pacific region. The majority of these children in the region live in Southern Asia with 55.9 million stunted and 25.2 million wasted children. Estimates predict a 14.3 percent increase in the prevalence of moderate or severe wasting among children under 5 years of age, equal to an additional 6.7 million children, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With basic food prices and disposable incomes influencing household decisions on food and dietary intake, they are critical to improve food security and nutrition in the region. However, in the Asia and Pacific region, 1.9 billion people are unable to afford a healthy diet, driven by high prices of fruits, vegetables and dairy products, making it impossible for the poor to achieve healthy diets.In Part 2, the 2020 report promotes a systems approach to healthy maternal and child diets, involving and coordinating institutions and actors in the Food, Water and Sanitation, Health, Social Protection and Education systems, to collectively create the enabling environment for healthy diets. Integration of healthy diets and nutrition-focused Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) mainstreamed throughout these systems will lead to greater uptake and sustainability of healthy behaviours and caregiver’s knowledge.

Author : Hendriks, Sheryl L.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896295933

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Achieving a nutrition revolution for Africa by Hendriks, Sheryl L. Pdf

Focusing the 2015 Annual Trends and Outlook Report (ATOR) on nutrition will contribute to a broader understanding of the critical role of nutrition in achieving international, continental, and national economic growth targets through agriculture, food security, and nutrition. This report presents information and analysis in support of evidence-based policy making that should inform the second generation of CAADP national investment plans now being developed. This is an important moment for shaping the region’s future and ensuring that the much-needed agriculture-led growth and development agenda can simultaneously deliver on improving nutrition, saving lives, improving productivity and health, and curbing nutrition-related diseases and the associated public health expenditures. These investment plans should address not only the usual elements of undernutrition but also widespread micronutrient deficiencies (termed “hidden hunger”) and the growing problem of overweight and obesity that is associated with economic growth.

Author : CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A4NH 2019 annual report highlights by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) Pdf

Author : Raza, A and Soares, F.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251337615

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Leveraging food systems to reduce poverty and malnutrition by Raza, A and Soares, F. Pdf

Even though substantial progress has been achieved worldwide in reducing both poverty and malnutrition, much is yet to be done. There are signs that the progress made in both dimensions has stalled in recent years. Poor-quality diets have become a major driver for overweight and obesity and associated non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases, and some types of cancers. Conflict and climate vulnerability have been identified as major obstacles to reaching Sustainable Development Goal targets related to malnutrition by 2030. In 2019, economic downturns and slowdowns hindered efforts even further. More recently, the COVID-19 crisis has imposed even harsher conditions to countries.Poverty and malnutrition are inevitably linked, and therefore addressing one can help address the other. Given that most of the world’s extremely poor people and stunted children live primarily in rural areas and rely mostly on agriculture, the agriculture and food systems approach can offer an opportunity to reduce both poverty and malnutrition. The food systems approach places equal emphasis on both the supply and demand dimensions that are critical for ensuring healthier diets and better nutrition for poor and vulnerable groups.This special issue of Policy in Focus is dedicated to answering a crucial question: How can a food systems approach be used to design and implement policies and investments that reach those most vulnerable to poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and suboptimal diets? We hope that the contributions contained in this volume, by leading academics and development practitioners, exploring the linkages between nutrition, food systems, and poverty, can help stakeholders and policymakers make inroads towards the promotion of food and nutrition security and the reduction of rural poverty.