Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA)
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Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) is an international research partnership. We are working together to discover how agriculture and food-related interventions can be better designed to improve nutrition, particularly for children and adolescent girls. LANSA will examine and make recommendations on how agriculture and food-related interventions can be better designed to improve nutrition, with particular focus on children and adolescent girls. The six year (2013 - 2018) research programme has been made possible by a grant from the UK government. Led by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in India, partners include: • BRAC (Bangladesh) • Collective for Social Science Research (Pakistan) • Institute of Development Studies (UK) • International Food Policy Research Institute (USA) • Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (UK).
Recent Submissions
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How do the State’s Organisational Capacities at the Micro- And Macro-Levels Influence Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages in Fragile Contexts?
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01)This paper systematically reviews the evidence on what capacities the state requires to leverage agriculture for nutrition in fragile contexts, maintaining a focus on state in South Asia (especially India). It uses the ... -
Principles of Innovation to Build Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems in South Asia
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01)Innovations within global food systems have contributed to the predicament known as the triple burden of malnutrition – the co-existence of hunger and micronutrient deficiency with the diseases of overnutrition, such as ... -
Women’s Agricultural Work and Nutrition in South Asia: From Pathways to a Cross-Disciplinary, Grounded Analytical Framework
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01)In this systematic review, we aim to examine the impact of women’s work in agriculture on maternal and child nutrition in South Asia. Building on previous reviews supported under the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition ... -
Interventions in Agriculture for Nutrition Outcomes: A Systematic Review Focused on South Asia
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01)Research on the potential impact of interventions in agriculture on nutrition outcomes is of particular relevance in South Asia where agriculture-related activities are a major source of livelihoods for large sections of ... -
Agricultural Inputs and Nutrition in South Asia
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01)There are a number of potential pathways leading from agricultural input decisions to nutrition outcomes of farm households. These have special resonance in less developed areas of South Asia given widespread undernutrition ... -
Nutrition and the Governance of Agri-Food Systems in South Asia: A Systematic Review
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01)Malnutrition is a multicausal challenge that requires multisectoral responses to make comprehensive and sustainable progress, over the long term. How is agriculture and the wider agri-food system positioned within the ... -
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia: What Do We Know, and What Have We Learned?
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01)Despite significant improvements over recent decades, rates of undernutrition remain high in South Asia, with adverse impacts on morbidity and mortality. Overweight/obesity, among children and adults, is now an additional ... -
Food Policy Special Issue: Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia
(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-01)Special Issue: Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia; Guest Editors: Stuart Gillespie, RV Bhavani, Alan Dangour, Nigel Poole and Mara van den Bold. Articles include: Leveraging agriculture for nutrition in ... -
India: Country Synthesis Brief
(Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), 2019-01)Agriculture policies, programmes and schemes are at both national and state level in India. There is much scope for governments to be proactive and take initiatives while responding to requirements within the state. The ... -
Bangladesh: Country Synthesis Brief
(Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), 2019-01)Bangladesh has taken initiative to address the undernutrition situation by strengthening linkages with agriculture, but rigorous scientific evidence is needed across geographical settings. The Leveraging Agriculture for ... -
Pakistan: Country Sythesis Brief
(Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), 2019-01)Government policies for agriculture have traditionally focused on increasing crop yields, maintaining food price stability and improving the distribution network of food crops in Pakistan. However, strong, recent interest ... -
Food Production and Consumption in Shah Foladi, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan: The Challenge of Dietary Seasonality
(Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), 2019-01)‘Assuring global food security’ is among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nutrition security focuses on micronutrient-deficiency diseases caused by inadequate intake of vitamins and minerals. In South Asia, as in ... -
Review of Agriculture-Nutrition Linkages in South Asia
(CAB International, 2018-10-15)The paper reviews the evidence of agriculture–nutrition linkages with particular reference to South Asia from studies published during the period 2012–2018. South Asia houses the largest population of undernourished people ... -
Factors Associated with Catch‐Up Growth in Early Infancy in Rural Pakistan: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Women's Work and Nutrition Study
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2018-10-21)The adverse health impacts of early infant stunting can be partially ameliorated by early catch‐up growth. Few studies have examined predictors of and barriers to catch‐up growth to identify intervention points for improving ... -
An Analysis of Protein Consumption in India Through Plant and Animal Sources
(SAGE Publications, 2018-11-27)Background: India became self-sufficient in food because of the Green Revolution in the 1960s. However, both the technological innovation and policy support have been biased toward cereals. It is expected that cereals are ... -
Are Agriculture and Nutrition Policies and Practice Coherent? Stakeholder Evidence from Afghanistan
(Springer Netherlands, 2018-11-14)Despite recent improvements in the national average, stunting levels in Afghanistan exceed 70% in some Provinces. Agriculture serves as the main source of livelihood for over half of the population and has the potential ... -
Afghanistan: Country Synthesis Brief
(Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), 2018-09)Despite agriculture being the mainstay of Afghan society, little attention has been given to its potential to address undernutrition. The Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) research programme ... -
Nutrition Promotion and Collective Vegetable Gardening by Adolescent Girls: Feasibility Assessment from a Pilot in Afghanistan
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2018)This study aimed to assess the feasibility of collective vegetable gardening into an existing development programme for adolescent girls as a means of improving awareness about health and nutrition and increasing vegetable ... -
Seasonal Variation in the Proximal Determinants of Undernutrition During the First 1000 Days of Life in Rural South Asia: A Comprehensive Review
(Elsevier B.V., 2018-12)In this review, the influence of seasonal variation on undernutrition during the first 1000 days of life of life in rural South Asia is conceptualized using a modified framework developed under the “Tackling the Agriculture ... -
School Nutrition Programme, Bangladesh: WFP-BRAC Initiative
(Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA), 2018-09)High rates of malnutrition in children, adolescents and women are a major concern in Bangladesh. World Food Programme (WFP) and BRAC initiated a school feeding programme in 2012 targeting children from poor households. ...
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