Food Systems: Pathways for Improved Diets and Nutrition
Open Access
- 1 September 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Current Developments in Nutrition
- Vol. 2 (9), nzy027
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzy027
Abstract
The United Nations has declared 2016-2025 as the Decade of Action on Nutrition. The emphasis of this decade is on alleviating malnutrition in all its forms. Food systems are 1 of 6 priorities for achieving this goal. This brief uses a food-systems approach to analyze the effects of agriculture production, commercialization, and sex on diet quality and nutrition.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Agency for International Development (AID-663-A-11-00017)
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