Designing interventions in local value chains for improved health and nutrition: Insights from Malawi

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.donorIMMANA
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierAulo Gelli: 0000-0003-4977-2549
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100149
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.issn2452-2929
cg.issueDecember 2019
cg.journalWorld Development Perspectives
cg.number100149
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.volume16
dc.contributor.authorDonovan, Jason
dc.contributor.authorGelli, Aulo
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:08:32Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:08:32Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146740
dc.titleDesigning interventions in local value chains for improved health and nutrition: Insights from Malawien
dcterms.abstractDespite the strong interest on the role of agri-food value chains in advancing health and nutrition goals, guidance on how to actually design and assess related development programming has only recently emerged. This paper begins with a brief review of research on nutrition-sensitive value chains in developing countries. It then presents the Value Chains and Nutrition framework for intervention design that explores food supply and demand conditions across a portfolio of local value chains that are relevant for improving nutrition outcomes. We explore the framework in a case study on rural Malawi. Available evidence highlights the dominance of maize in diets, but also the willingness of rural households to consume other nutritious foods (e.g. leafy greens, tree fruits, dried fish) during the year. Addressing the supply constraints (e.g. low productivity, seasonality) and demand constraints (e.g. low income, preference for maize) along local value chains will require carefully sequenced interventions within and across value chains. Strategies for achieving nutrition goals in this context will require stronger collaborative ties between NGOs, government agencies and the private sector and deeper learning among stakeholders than has typically been the case. We conclude with recommendations for future work on frameworks and tools for supporting the design of value chain interventions with potential to advance health and nutrition goals.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDonovan, Jason; and Gelli, Aulo. 2019. Designing interventions in local value chains for improved health and nutrition: Insights from Malawi. World Development Perspectives 16(December 2019): 100149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100149en
dcterms.issued2019-12-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevier
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/1037800848en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.09.006en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6987
dcterms.subjecttraditional foodsen
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectsupply chainsen
dcterms.subjectframeworksen
dcterms.subjectmarket structureen
dcterms.subjectrural povertyen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjecthealthy dietsen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectfood accessen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectmarketsen
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen
dcterms.subjectdevelopment programmesen
dcterms.subjectdietary diversityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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