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Agriculture and Nutrition in Pakistan: Pathways and Disconnects

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  • Mysbah Balagamwala
  • Haris Gazdar

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Results of the latest nationwide nutrition survey show that the ‘South Asian paradox’ of persistently high rates of undernutrition despite respectable rates of economic growth appears to hold true for Pakistan. Although nutrition has largely been framed as a health issue in Pakistan, it is an outcome of complex processes. Amongst various economic sectors, agriculture – a sector that employs 45 per cent of the workforce in Pakistan – might have direct implications for nutrition outcomes through drivers such as the availability and diversity of food and income distribution. Using evidence from Pakistan, this article reviews trends and policymaking in agriculture and applies a framework for analysing pathways between agriculture and nutrition. It then goes on to highlight potential disconnects in the agriculture‐nutrition linkage and identifies areas for future research.

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  • Mysbah Balagamwala & Haris Gazdar, 2013. "Agriculture and Nutrition in Pakistan: Pathways and Disconnects," IDS Bulletin, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 44(3), pages 66-74, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:idsxxx:v:44:y:2013:i:3:p:66-74
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    1. Janvier Mwisha-Kasiwa & Cédrick Kalemasi-Mosengo & Oasis Kodila-Tedika, 2023. "Understanding the link between gendered access to agricultural land and household nutrition outcomes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 23/075, African Governance and Development Institute..
    2. Oluyemi Adewole Okunlola & Yacouba Kassouri, 2023. "Empirical investigation of the agriculture–malnutrition nexus in Africa: Spatial clustering and spillover effects," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(2), pages 685-709, May.
    3. Mysbah Balagamwala & Haris Gazdar & Hussain Bux Mallah, 2015. "Synergy or Trade-Off between Agricultural Growth and Nutrition Women’s Work and Care," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 54(4), pages 897-913.
    4. Rao, Nitya & Gazdar, Haris & Chanchani, Devanshi & Ibrahim, Marium, 2019. "Women’s agricultural work and nutrition in South Asia: From pathways to a cross-disciplinary, grounded analytical framework," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 50-62.
    5. 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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