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Understanding local food systems in South Asia: An assessment approach and design

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Title Understanding local food systems in South Asia: An assessment approach and design
 
Creator Gupta, Manavi
Kishore, Avinash
Scott, Samuel
Chakraborty, Shreya
Chellattan, Prakashan Veettil
Choudhury, Samira
Krupnik, Timothy
Kumar, Neha
Neupane, Sumanta
Patwardhan, Sharvari
Sununtnasuk, Celeste
Urfels, Anton
Menon, Purnima
 
Subject agrifood systems
agricultural development
agricultural policies
biodiversity
climate change
climate change adaptation
data
data analysis
food security
food systems
green revolution
healthy diets
livelihoods
malnutrition
poverty
poverty alleviation
research
research data
resilience
sustainable livelihoods
 
Description Home to one-quarter of humanity—one-fifth of whom are youth—South Asia has the world’s largest concentration of poverty and malnutrition (1–3). Despite producing one-quarter of the world’s consumed food, the region’s agrifood systems face formidable challenges in producing an adequate and affordable supply of the diverse foods needed for sustainable healthy diets (4,5). Unhealthy food consumption is rising, and farming systems are threatened by unsustainable groundwater withdrawal due to poorly developed food and energy policies. In addition, South Asia’s farmers are both contributors and victims of climate change and extreme weather, which contributes to rural out-migration—particularly of youth—resulting in rising labor scarcity and increased production costs. TAFSSA (Transforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia), a CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative, aims to address these challenges by delivering actionable evidence and scalable innovations across these regions through a coordinated program of research and engagement from farmer to consumer. One of the roadblocks to addressing these challenges is the lack of credible and high-resolution data on food systems in the region. The TAFSSA food systems assessment aims to provide a reliable, accessible and integrated evidence base that links farm production, market access, dietary patterns, climate risk responses, and natural resource management in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is intended to be a multi-year assessment.
 
Date 2023-01-17
2023-01-18T18:44:09Z
2023-01-18T18:44:09Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Gupta, Manavi; Kishore, Avinash; Scott, Samuel; Chakraborty, Shreya; Chellattan, Prakashan Veettil; Choudhury, Samira; Krupnik, Timothy; Kumar, Neha; Neupane, Sumanta; Patwardhan, Sharvari; Sununtnasuk, Celeste; Urfels, Anton; and Menon, Purnima. 2023. Understanding local food systems in South Asia: An assessment approach and design. TAFSSA Methods Note 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127434
 
Language en
 
Relation TAFSSA Methods Note
 
Rights All rights reserved; no re-use allowed
Open Access
 
Format 12 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute