Reshaping agriculture for nutrition and health

This book is a compilation of peer-reviewed background papers and briefs commissioned by IFPRI for the international conference "Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health" which took place in New Delhi in February 2011. Leading experts, practitioners and policymakers explore the links among agriculture, nutrition and health. How much more could agriculture do to improve food security if it included specific actions and interventions to achieve health and nutrition goals ? What kinds of changes would maximize agriculture’s contribution to health and nutrition ? and how could health and nutrition contribute to a productive and sustainable agricultural system ?These questions are discussed in the book to stimulate concrete actions to leverage agriculture to improve nutrition and health.

Shenggen Fan and Rajul Pandya-Lorch, IFPRI  2012