Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia and East Africa: examining the enabling environment through stakeholder perceptions

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 463-477

  Gillespie, Stuart ^a   van den Bold, Mara ^a   Hodge, Judith ^a   Herforth, Anna ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Capacity; East Africa; Nutrition; Policy; South Asia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER;

EAST AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84930084467     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0449-6     Document Type: Article

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