Multisectoral Approaches to Addressing Malnutrition in Bangladesh : The Role of Agriculture and Microcredit

The objective of this study is to demonstrate how the interaction between sectors can be improved to increase the effectiveness of sectoral interventions, and how the interventions in the agricultural sector and microfinance can be used to improve nutritional outcomes. The study will examine what has been done to improve nutrition through interventions in the agriculture sector and microcredit programmes in Bangladesh and around the world, how they were implemented and to the extent possible, what the impact of those interventions was. The populations of primary concern for this study are infants, children and women of childbearing age, the group that is the target of many of the millennium development goals. The study will also pay special attention to the extent to which programmes and policies are successful at reaching poor and vulnerable groups in society and thus, reduce inequalities in nutrition. The introduction provides the background and rationale for this work. Chapter two assesses the status of malnutrition in Bangladesh, provides a brief history of policies and programmes to address malnutrition in the country and lays out the case for a multi-sectoral response to malnutrition. Chapter three reviews the potential role of interventions in the agriculture sector, including existing evidence on the impact of such interventions and institutional and other challenges to enhancing the impact. Chapter four provides a similar review of the role of microcredit programmes in improving nutrition outcomes. Recommendations on using multi-sectoral approaches to improve nutrition in Bangladesh are the subject of chapter five.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2008-04
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FOOD, ACCESS TO IRRIGATION, ACCESS TO MARKETS, AGED, AGRARIAN ECONOMY, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INCOMES, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES, AGRICULTURAL WAGE, AGRICULTURAL WAGES, AGRICULTURAL YIELDS, AGRICULTURE, ANEMIA, ANIMAL FOOD, ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS, BARS, BLINDNESS, BREASTFEEDING, CALCIUM, CALORIE INTAKE, CASH INCOME, CEREAL PRICES, CEREAL PRODUCTION, CEREALS, CHILD FEEDING, CHILD MALNUTRITION, CHILD MORBIDITY, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITY NUTRITION, CROP LOSSES, CROP VARIETIES, DAIRY, DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION, DIET, DIETARY DIVERSITY, DIRECT NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, DIVERSIFICATION, DOMESTIC GRAIN PRODUCTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EGG, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMINE, FAMINES, FARM EMPLOYMENT, FARM SECTOR, FARM WORK, FARMER, FARMERS, FEEDING, FEMALE SCHOOLING, FEMALE WORKERS, FISH PRODUCTS, FOOD AID, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA, FOOD CROP, FOOD CROP PRODUCTION, FOOD CROPS, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD POLICY, FOOD PREFERENCES, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SHORTAGES, FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION, FOOD SUPPLY, FRUIT, FRUITS, GRAIN PRODUCTION, GROWTH MONITORING, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION, HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES ON FOOD, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMMUNIZATION, IMR, INADEQUATE FOOD, INCOME GENERATION, INCOME ON FOOD, INCOME TRANSFERS, INFANT FEEDING, INFANT FEEDING PRACTICES, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERVENTION, IODINE, IRON, IRON DEFICIENCY, LAND SIZE, LANDHOLDINGS, LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS, LEGUMES, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL FARMERS, MALNUTRITION, MARKETING, MEAL, MICRO-CREDIT, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION, MICRONUTRIENTS, MILK, MORTALITY, NATURAL DISASTERS, NUTRIENT, NUTRIENT INTAKE, NUTRITION COMPONENTS, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION EFFECTS, NUTRITION INDICATORS, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE, NUTRITION NEEDS, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, NUTRITION POLICIES, NUTRITION POLICY, NUTRITION PROGRAMMES, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, NUTRITION SECTOR, NUTRITION SERVICES, NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONALLY VULNERABLE GROUPS, OBESITY, ORANGE, OVERNUTRITION, PEER EDUCATION, POOR HEALTH, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR NUTRITION, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION, PRODUCTION OF STAPLES, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, PROTEIN, PROTEINS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PULSES, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, RICE, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL MAINTENANCE, SAFE WATER SUPPLY, SAFETY NET, SANITATION, SANITATION SERVICES, SMALL FARMERS, SOCIAL MARKETING, STAPLE FOODS, STARVATION, SUBSISTENCE, SUGAR, SWEET POTATOES, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ULTRA POOR, UNDERNUTRITION, VEGETABLE CROPS, VEGETABLE PRODUCTION, VEGETABLES, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCIES, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, VITAMIN C, VITAMIN DEFICIENCY, VITAMINS, WAR, WFP, WHEAT, WHEAT PRODUCTION, WIDESPREAD POVERTY, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, WORLD FOOD SUMMIT,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/16270682/multisectoral-approaches-addressing-malnutrition-bangladesh-role-agriculture-microcredit https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7965
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