Agricultural research and policy for better health and nutrition in developing countries: a
food systems approach
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-health influences food system as input through effect on human resource &
through interactions w/ natural resources used in food production
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-health, nutritional status of labor forces occupied in food system will make signif
impact on degree of efficiency & effectiveness of food system & how it ends up serving
societies
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-food system: self-vicious cycle in which poor health & nutrition leads to low
productivity human resources-contrib to deficiencies in food system, low incomes, and
health & nutrition
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Global food system begins human health & nutrition
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-2 reasons
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1. large share of world’s poor employed in food system-their health,
nutrition conditions important for own well being, productivity & creativity = influence on
efficiency & effectiveness of global food system
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-good health, nutrition important input
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2. global food system of critical importance as a means to achieve good
health, nutrition for all
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-nature of economic growth matters when considering how to achieve
good health & nutrition for all
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Current health & nutrition situation
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-92% of disease burden in developing countries
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-preschool children in poverty face much higher probability of death
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-10 to 12 million die from preventable causes every year-
½
from hunger,
nutrition-related factors; large majority from poor households
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-stunting among preschool children correlated w/ wealth of household
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-higher in rural areas
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-70-75% of world’s poor reside in rural areas of developing countries-poor health
status, more deaths
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-modifiable environmental factors
: include chemical, physical, biological hazards;
account for 24% of global health burden, 23% of all premature deaths, more than 1/3 or
children’s health burden
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-diseases attrib to modif envir factors: diarrhea, lower respiratory
infections, injuries, malaria
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-access to improved water sources less in rural areas
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-strong causal link between modifiable envir factors and human health implies
strong causal link between food system and health
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- Spring '08
- STOLTZFUS,R.
- Economics, Nutrition, Poverty
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