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Explaining the reduction in child undernutrition in the Indian state of Maharashtra between 2006 and 2012: An analysis of the policy processes

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  • Nisbett, Nicholas
  • Barnett, Inka

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The Indian state of Maharashtra has been lauded as a ‘success story’ for its rapid and significant decline in undernutrition amongst children. Between 2006 and 2012, childhood stunting fell from 39 to 24%. Whilst the global policy and academic literature strongly emphasises the need to act on nutrition, there are still too few studies outlining the policy processes which been part of successful state-led strategies – particularly at a sub-national level. This study is intended to contribute to future policy via unpacking the unfolding story of policy and programme attention to nutrition. Stakeholder perceptions and opinions on the wider policy, political and contextual reasons for Maharashtra’s decline in child undernutrition were sought and used alongside documentary evidence to construct a chronology of key events. Key factors identified via this process include the way in which issue framing and evidence helped catalyse a political response; the particular governance structures employed in response (the State’s ‘Nutrition Mission’) and the way in which leadership and a focus on system-wide capacity combined in an innovative fashion to focus resources on pockets of deprivation in high-burden areas.

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  • Nisbett, Nicholas & Barnett, Inka, 2017. "Explaining the reduction in child undernutrition in the Indian state of Maharashtra between 2006 and 2012: An analysis of the policy processes," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 27-39.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:70:y:2017:i:c:p:27-39
    DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.05.006
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    1. Gillespie, Stuart & van den Bold, Mara & Hodge, Judith, 2019. "Nutrition and the governance of agri-food systems in South Asia: A systematic review," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 13-27.
    2. Richmond Aryeetey & Afua Atuobi-Yeboah & Lucy Billings & Nicholas Nisbett & Mara den Bold & Mariama Toure, 2022. "Stories of Change in Nutrition in Ghana: a focus on stunting and anemia among children under-five years (2009 – 2018)," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 14(2), pages 355-379, April.
    3. Nigel Poole & Chona Echavez & Dominic Rowland, 2018. "Are agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 10(6), pages 1577-1601, December.
    4. Gillespie, Stuart & Poole, Nigel & van den Bold, Mara & Bhavani, R.V. & Dangour, Alan D. & Shetty, Prakash, 2019. "Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in South Asia: What do we know, and what have we learned?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 3-12.

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