Agriculture for Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean : From Quantity to Quality

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has been in many ways successful in increasing agriculture production and competitiveness, as well as tackling nutrition. Mainstreaming nutrition considerations into agriculture operations can increase the availability of and access to nutritious food, which can improve the nutrition status of individuals. The challenge is how to bridge the gap that exists in region between being an agriculture powerhouse and yet having to tackle nutrition problems from the same households that produce the food. The new challenge of integrating nutrition and agriculture should be achievable with political leadership and inter-institutional coordination. This guidance note seeks to bridge some of the important knowledge gaps on how best to identify, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate agriculture and food security interventions. This note describes first the current situation in LAC with respect to agriculture and nutrition, then offers practical guidance to task team leaders (TTLs) regarding the available levers for positively impacting nutrition outcomes of agriculture projects, and presents a series of country notes and steps to be followed in designing nutrition sensitive interventions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	World Bank, Inter-American Institute for Agriculture Cooperation
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD, ACCESS TO MARKETS, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INCOMES, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL R&D, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL SECTORS, AGRICULTURE, ANEMIA, ARID AREAS, AVOCADOS, BANANAS, BEVERAGES, CALCIUM, CALORIC INTAKE, CALORIE DEFICIENCY, CAPACITY BUILDING, CARBOHYDRATES, CARIBBEAN REGION, CASSAVA, CHILD NUTRITION, CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, CLIENT COUNTRIES, CLIMATE CHANGE, COCOA, COLD STORAGE, COMMON PROPERTY, COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMPETITIVE GRANTS, CONSUMER DEMAND, COOKING, DAIRY, DAIRY PRODUCTS, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DEMAND FOR MEAT, DIET, DIET RELATED DISEASES, DIETARY DIVERSITY, DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS, DIVERSIFICATION, ECONOMICS, EGGS, EMPLOYMENT SOURCE, EQUIPMENT, ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS, ESSENTIAL OILS, EXPORT MARKETS, EXTENSION AGENTS, EXTENSION SERVICES, EXTREME POVERTY, FARMER, FARMER GROUPS, FARMERS, FARMS, FEED, FEMALE EMPOWERMENT, FERTILIZERS, FLOUR, FOOD ACCESS, FOOD AID, FOOD AID PROGRAMS, FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD BASKET, FOOD CHAIN, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CROPS, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, FOOD EXPORT, FOOD EXPORTS, FOOD FORTIFICATION, FOOD HABITS, FOOD IMPORTS, FOOD INDUSTRY, FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD MARKETS, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD PREPARATION, FOOD PRESERVATION, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PROCESSING, FOOD PRODUCT, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD QUALITY, FOOD QUALITY CONTROL, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS, FOOD SAFETY SYSTEMS, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD STANDARDS, FOOD SUPPLY, FRUIT, FRUITS, GENDER, GENETICS, GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION, GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY, GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP, GRAINS, GUAVAS, HUNGER, HYGIENE, IFPRI, INFANT MORTALITY, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IRON, IRON DEFICIENCY, IRRIGATION, LABELING, LABORATORIES, LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE, LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS, LEGUMES, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION, LOW INCOME, MAIZE, MALNUTRITION, MALT, MANGOES, MARKETING, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MEAL, MEAT, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY, MICRONUTRIENTS, MILK, MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL POVERTY, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NUTRIENT, NUTRIENT CONTENT, NUTRITION, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITION PROBLEMS, NUTRITION STATUS, NUTRITIONAL LOSSES, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OBESITY, ORANGE, PACKAGING, PALM OIL, PERISHABLE FOOD, PESTICIDE, PLANT BREEDING, PLANT HEALTH, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, POST-HARVEST ACTIVITIES, POST-HARVEST HANDLING, POST-HARVEST INFRASTRUCTURE, POST-HARVEST LOSSES, POTATO, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROCESSED FOODS, PRODUCTION · SUPPORT, PROTEIN, PROTEINS, PUBLIC SERVICES, PULSES, QUALITATIVE DATA, R&D, RESTAURANTS, RICE, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL INCOMES, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL WOMEN, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SCIENTISTS, SMALL FARMERS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOILS, SOYBEAN, STAPLE FOODS, SUBSISTENCE, SUGAR, SUGAR CANE, SUPERMARKET, SUPERMARKETS, SWEET POTATO, SWEET POTATOES, TOTAL POVERTY, UNDERNUTRITION, VEGETABLES, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, VITAMIN B, VITAMINS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, WATER SOURCES, WEIGHT GAIN, WFP, WHEAT, WOOD, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, YAMS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/19098024/agriculture-nutrition-latin-america-caribbean-quantity-quality https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17281
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!