Learning from World Bank History : Agriculture and Food-Based Approaches for Addressing Malnutrition

The purpose of this paper is to provide forward-looking recommendations for linking agriculture and nutrition by looking back over the 40 years since both nutrition and rural development began at the Bank in 1973. This paper sets out to explore whether what is currently being suggested has been attempted in the past; in what circumstances, with what sort of support or commitment, by what actors, and with what results. Throughout, the World Bank is a case study set within the larger development aid architecture due to its role as one of the largest actors in agriculture and nutrition investments in developing countries around the nutrition initially was housed in the Population department (1972-75), and then moved to Agriculture and Rural Development (1975-79). Since 1979 it has been housed with health and other human development world. The initial motivation was to showcase the depth of historical resources available in the World Bank Group Archives, and to demonstrate how they can be used to inform current practice. Several lessons learned primarily from the World Bank experience are applicable to the Bank's current commitment to nutrition-sensitive agriculture, as well as to the development community at large, that is tackling the same agenda.

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-06
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD, ADEQUATE CALORIES, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURE, AID AGENCIES, ANIMAL BREEDING, BACTERIA, BANANAS, BREAD, BREASTFEEDING, CAPACITY BUILDING, CARBOHYDRATES, CASSAVA, CEREAL CROPS, CEREAL PRICES, CEREALS, CHILD NUTRITION, CITRUS FRUITS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLINICS, COMMUNITY NUTRITION, CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR, CORN, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP VARIETIES, DAIRY, DIABETES, DIETARY DIVERSITY, DIETS, DIVERSIFICATION, DROUGHT, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, FAMILIES, FAMINE, FAMINES, FARM MANAGEMENT, FATS, FISH PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, FOOD ACCESS, FOOD AID, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, FOOD DEMAND, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, FOOD FOR ALL, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PROCESSING, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD QUANTITY, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SHORTAGE, FOOD SHORTAGES, FOOD STAPLES, FOOD STOCKS, FOOD SUBSIDIES, FOOD SUPPLEMENTS, FOOD SUPPLIES, FOOD SUPPLY, FOOD SYSTEM, FOOD SYSTEMS, FOOD TECHNOLOGY, FOODS, FORTIFIED FOODS, FRUITS, GRAIN PRODUCTION, GRAINS, GROUNDNUTS, HAZARDS, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN HEALTH, IFPRI, ILLITERACY, INCOME GENERATION, INFANT FORMULA, INFANT MORTALITY, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERVENTION, IRRIGATION, ISOLATION, LABELING, LACK OF INCENTIVES, LEGUMES, LIVING STANDARDS, MAIZE, MALNUTRITION, MARKETING, MEAT, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MILK, MILK POWDER, MOUNTAINS POVERTY REDUCTION, NATURAL FOODS, NUTRITION COMPONENTS, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONISTS, OBESITY, PERISHABILITY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, POLICY DOCUMENT, POLITICAL SUPPORT, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ERADICATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT, PRODUCTION SIDE, PROTEIN, PROTEIN CONTENT, PROTEINS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PULSES, REGIONAL LEVELS, RESEARCH CENTERS, RESEARCH PROGRAM, RICE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK REDUCTION, RURAL, RURAL AREA, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POOR, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAMS, SMALL FARMERS, SMALLHOLDER FARMERS, SOCIAL MARKETING, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SUBSISTENCE, SUBSISTENCE FARMERS, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, VEGETABLES, VITAMIN DEFICIENCY, VITAMINS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WFP, WHEAT, WHEAT FLOUR, WORLD FOOD CONFERENCE, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19755692/learning-world-bank-history-agriculture-food-based-approaches-addressing-malnutrition https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20029
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