Presentation by John Hoddinott at 2020 Conference on "Leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health," November 11, 2011

1. AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Conceptualizing the Linkages
John Hoddinott
February 11, 2011

2. Settings
PHYSICAL
Climate, geography,
infrastructure, diseases
ECONOMIC
Policies affecting the level, returns,
and variability of returns on assets
SOCIAL
Trust, social cohesion,
gender roles, norms of behavior
GOVERNANCE
How rules and policies are
LEGAL set and implemented
Rules and regulations affecting
economic exchange and health
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3. “Household” Resources
ASSETS
Land
Equipment
Livestock
TIME
Financial
Social
HUMAN CAPITAL
Health
HUMAN CAPITAL Nutrition
Knowledge
Schooling
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4. Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
ASSETS TIME KNOWLEDGE &
SCHOOLING
Agricultural Other
Production Income
NUTRITION HEALTH
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5. Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
ASSETS TIME KNOWLEDGE &
SCHOOLING
HEALTH
Health goods
Agricultural Markets Food
Production Quantity
Value Chain Quality, diversity
Other Income
Other goods
Saving
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6. Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
ASSETS TIME KNOWLEDGE &
SCHOOLING
HEALTH
Health goods
Agricultural Markets Food
Production Quantity
Value Chain Quality
Other Income
Other goods
Saving
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7. Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
ASSETS TIME KNOWLEDGE &
SCHOOLING
HEALTH
Health goods
Agricultural Markets Food
Production Quantity
Value Chain Quality
Other Income NUTRITION
Other goods
Saving
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8. Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
ASSETS TIME KNOWLEDGE &
SCHOOLING
HEALTH
Health goods
Agricultural Markets Food
Production Quantity
Value Chain Quality
Other Income NUTRITION
Other goods
Saving
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9. Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
ASSETS TIME KNOWLEDGE &
SCHOOLING
HEALTH
Health goods
Agricultural Markets Food
Production Quantity
Value Chain Quality
Other Income NUTRITION
Other goods
Saving
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10. Agriculture, Health, and Nutrition
ASSETS TIME KNOWLEDGE &
SCHOOLING
HEALTH
Health goods
Agricultural Markets Food
Production Quantity
Value Chain Quality
Other Income NUTRITION
Other goods
Saving
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11. Pathways through which changes in agriculture
affect health and nutrition
CHANGING
1. Households’ ability to 4. The amount and intensity of
purchase goods that directly time allocated across
affect health and nutrition agriculture, health and
2. The types of goods available nutrition
to households through the 5. Assets that affect
introduction of new crops or health and nutrition status
through changes introduced 6. Intra-­‐household
during processing allocation rules
3. Exposure to pesticides,
agriculture associated diseases
and work-­‐related accidents
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12. Summary
Agriculture matters to health and nutrition
Health and nutrition matter to agriculture
Links from agriculture to health and nutrition are often –
but not always – beneficial
The challenge for all stakeholders is to find ways to
maximize these benefits while minimizing the risks
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