Pathways and Principles. By S.H. Thilsted.

Pathways and principles Fisheries → improved nutrition

Aquaculture → improved nutrition

By Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted

Adapted from Anna Herforth and Jody Harris

Adapted from Anna Herforth and Jody Harris

http://www.spring-

nutrition.org/sites/default/files/1.6_Primary_Principles_and_Pathways_

Anna%20Herforth.pdf

Pathways from agriculture to nutrition

Food prices

Food consumption

Food expenditure

Non-food expenditure

Nutrient intake Child nutrition outcomes

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Income (agricultural and non-agricultural)

Caring capacity & practices

Female energy expenditure

Food production

Nutrition knowledge

National economic

growth

Adapted from: Stuart Gillespie, Jody Harris, and Suneetha Kadiyala, 2012 The Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India, What Do We Know? IFPRI Discussion Paper 01187

Food prices

Food consumption

Food expenditure

Non-food expenditure

Nutrient intake Child nutrition outcomes

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Health status

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Health care expenditure

Female employment /

resources

National nutrition outcomes

Income (agricultural and non-agricultural)

Caring capacity & practices

Female energy expenditure

Food production

Nutrition knowledge

National economic

growth

Food prices food purchase

Food prices

Food consumption

Food expenditure

Non-food expenditure

Nutrient intake Child nutrition outcomes

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Health status

Mother’s nutrition outcomes

Health care expenditure

Female employment /

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National nutrition outcomes

Income (agricultural and non-agricultural)

Caring capacity & practices

Female energy expenditure

Food production

Nutrition knowledge

National economic

growth

Income food purchase

Food prices

Food consumption

Food expenditure

Non-food expenditure

Nutrient intake Child nutrition outcomes

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Health status

Mother’s nutrition outcomes

Health care expenditure

Female employment /

resources

National nutrition outcomes

Income (agricultural and non-agricultural)

Caring capacity & practices

Female energy expenditure

Food production

Nutrition knowledge

National economic

growth

Income healthcare purchase

Food prices

Food consumption

Food expenditure

Non-food expenditure

Nutrient intake Child nutrition outcomes

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Health status

Mother’s nutrition outcomes

Health care expenditure

Female employment /

resources

National nutrition outcomes

Income (agricultural and non-agricultural)

Caring capacity & practices

Female energy expenditure

Food production

Nutrition knowledge

National economic

growth

Own production food consumption

Food prices

Food consumption

Food expenditure

Non-food expenditure

Nutrient intake Child nutrition outcomes

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Health status

Mother’s nutrition outcomes

Health care expenditure

Female employment /

resources

National nutrition outcomes

Income (agricultural and non-agricultural)

Caring capacity & practices

Female energy expenditure

Food production

Nutrition knowledge

National economic

growth

Women’s income resource allocation

Food prices

Food consumption

Food expenditure

Non-food expenditure

Nutrient intake Child nutrition outcomes

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Health status

Mother’s nutrition outcomes

Health care expenditure

Female employment /

resources

National nutrition outcomes

Income (agricultural and non-agricultural)

Caring capacity & practices

Female energy expenditure

Food production

Nutrition knowledge

National economic

growth

Women’s time use care capacity

Food prices

Food consumption

Food expenditure

Non-food expenditure

Nutrient intake Child nutrition outcomes

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Health status

Mother’s nutrition outcomes

Health care expenditure

Female employment /

resources

National nutrition outcomes

Income (agricultural and non-agricultural)

Caring capacity & practices

Female energy expenditure

Food production

Nutrition knowledge

National economic

growth

Women’s workload energy use

Summary of pathways

Agriculture

Nutrition

National macro­

economic growth

Higher food production; lower food

prices

Increased income*

Home consumption

Women’s empowerment

Nutrition BCC

4

2 3 1

7 6

5

*Particularly if controlled by women

Source: Adapted from World Bank, 2007

Overall Messages: Pathways to Nutrition

OLD: Assumptions about nutrition impact have been challenged

• Increasing production of calories

• Increasing overall household incomes as a singular priority

• Agriculture as an engine of overall economic growth; trickle-down effect on nutrition minimal

NEW: These need more attention if we are going to reach nutrition

• Increasing production of diverse, nutrient dense foods

• Increasing women’s incomes • And avoiding harm due to additional

time demands or energy expenditure of women

• Incorporating nutrition behavior change communication for enhanced nutrition impact from food production and income

http://www.spring-

nutrition.org/sites/default/files/1.6_Primary_Principles_and_

Pathways_Anna%20Herforth.pdf