Agriculture's vast potential to improve nutrition is just beginning to be tapped. New ideas, research, and initiatives developed over the past decade have created an opportunity for reimagining and redesigning agricultural and food systems for the benefit of nutrition. To support this transformation, this book reviews the latest findings, results from on-the-ground programs and interventions, and recent policy experiences from countries around the world that are bringing the agriculture and nutrition sectors closer together. Drawing on IFPRI's own work and that of the growing agriculture-nutrition community, this book strengthens the evidence base for, and expands our vision of, how agriculture can contribute to nutrition. Chapters cover an array of issues that link agriculture and nutrition, including food value chains, nutrition-sensitive programs and policies, government policies, and private sector investments. By highlighting both achievements and setbacks, Agriculture for Improved Nutrition seeks to inspire those who want to scale up successes that can transform food systems and improve the nutrition of billions of people. Key features: -Investigates the latest evidence on the relationship between agriculture and nutrition. -Includes insights from internationally renowned researchers. -Presents data from real-world settings that is highly relevant to the challenges faced by developing countries. This book is ideal for policy-makers, practitioners, and students working in agriculture, international development and nutrition.

Contributions by: Noora-Lisa Aberman, Mathew Abraham, Akhter U. Ahmed, Summer Allen, Suresh Chandra Babu, Ekin Birol, Anne Bossuyt, Howarth E. Bouis, Kevin Chen, Gerald F. Combs, Jr, Olivier Ecker, Jessica Fanzo, Aulo Gelli, Julie Ghostlaw, Stuart Gillespie, Daniel O. Gilligan, Lawrence Haddad, Derek Headey, Mar Maestre, Hazel Malapit, William Masters, Ruthie Musker, Nicholas Nisbett, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Prabhu L Pingali, Daniel J. Raiten, Marie T. Ruel, Amy Saltzman, Zimeiyi Wang, Sivan Yosef