Agriculture and nutrition in India: Mapping evidence to pathways

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1331, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-56

  Kadiyala, Suneetha ^a,b   Harris, Jody ^b,c   Headey, Derek ^c   Yosef, Sivan ^c   Gillespie, Stuart ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research in Agriculture and Health   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food policy; Framework; India; Mapping; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEEDING; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION; POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84923101060     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12477     Document Type: Article

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