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- Examples of interventions with the explicit goal of improving the nutritional status of children include home gardens and the production of bio-fortified crops. Our review assesses the evidence for the effectiveness of this type of intervention. It complements and expands previous reviews of links between agriculture and nutrition.
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Jun 1, 2018 · Nutrition-sensitive agricultural programs (NSAP) improve a variety of nutrition outcomes in both mothers and children. They are more effective when they include nutrition and health behavior chance communication (BCC) and women’s empowerment interventions.
- Marie T. Ruel, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Mysbah Balagamwala
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Agriculture may improve nutrition either directly, for example when farming households increase the production and consumption of nutritionally diverse diets, or indirectly when household and...
embed nutrition within agriculture programmes in order to promote greater dietary diversity at the household level. Two models are suggested, both of which require strong collaboration between relevant ministries. Discrete policy and programme-level changes can raise the profile of nutrition within the agriculture
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NSA interventions improve nutrition outcomes through 5 pathways: food production contributing to food access; knowledge on nutrition, WASH, and health improving dietary practices and health status; agricultural income for nutrition-related expenditure; women’s empowerment contributing to nutrition outcomes in children; and strengthening of ...
Feb 19, 2022 · Nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions have a significant positive impact on the diet diversity scores of children aged 6-23.9 months (SMD = 0.22, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.09-0.36) and on the odds of reaching minimum diet diversity (OR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.20, 1.76).
Introduction. Undernutrition is a major global health problem, contribut-ing to 45% of deaths among children under the age of 5 y (1) and 21% of disability-adjusted life-years (2). The efects of undernutrition are multifaceted and go beyond health, and include reduced educational attainment and loss.
