How can agriculture contribute more to
improving nutrition in countries like Pakistan (as well as others in South
Asia) where the sector continues to employ a large proportion of the workforce,
even while its contribution to national income undergoes decline? To find
answers to this question is the main objective of the Research Programme
Consortium Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA).
The latest IDS Bulletin which focuses on nutrition in
Pakistan provided the perfect opportunity of showcasing emerging LANSA work on
the country. The evidence paper on Pakistan which I co-authored
with my colleague Mysbah Balagamwala at the Collective for Social Science
Research reviews existing evidence on the pathways and disconnects between
agriculture and nutrition using a framework developed for India by the research
programme TANDI (Tackling the Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India). A
piece written on the article in the IDS Bulletin can be found here.
