A landscape analysis of nutrition initiatives in Madhya Pradesh: Policies, actors, and networks

Sunaina Batra-Dua, Subhadra Menon, Shivani Mathur, Gina Sharma, Kavita Chauhan and Vijayluxmi Bose

No 4, POSHAN reports from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The silent scourge of undernutrition and major nutritional deficiencies of public health importance persists across India despite decades of planned programmes and interventions. The maternal and child undernutrition scenario in India represents a complex set of determinants, including poverty, lack of knowledge, and access. Other factors that confound this dangerous interplay of barriers are erosion of conventional food consumption patterns exacerbated by poor hygienic practices, diseases such as malaria and diarrhoea, and lack of access to safe water and sanitation.

Keywords: nutrition security; nutrition policies; stunting; malnutrition; nutrition; children; food security; India; Southern Asia; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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