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Assessing the rural food environment for advancing sustainable healthy diets: Insights from India

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666154323000959?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100588
 
Title Assessing the rural food environment for advancing sustainable healthy diets: Insights from India
 
Creator Kumar, S
Das, A
Kasala, K
Ridoutt, B
Patan, E K
Bogard, J
Ravula, P
Pramanik, S
Lim-Camacho, L
Nedumaran, S
 
Subject Food and Nutrition
Food Security
India
 
Description World agricultural production has seen significant growth in the past four decades, yet malnutrition remains a persistent problem, particularly in the global south and more so in the rural areas. Need for a holistic approach to food systems is becoming crucial in designing policies that support the transition to sustainable and healthy diets. The present study is aimed to understand the rural food environment in the Telangana state in southern India by analyzing the combination of external and personal factors affecting food choices, attitudes, and consumption behavior. We developed a scoring-based methodology to assess the external and personal domains and dimensions to understand the food environment. The results showed that rural households favored carbohydrate-rich food groups obtained mostly from their own production or subsidized sources. On the other hand, protein and micronutrient-rich food groups were neglected due to affordability and preference for taste, cultural factors, and the limitations of external food environment. The findings of this study provide a deeper understanding of the food environment in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) conext. By highlighting the interplay between agriculture, food environments, and nutrition outcomes, this study contributes to the ongoing effort to address the global malnutrition crisis and support the development of healthier and more sustainable food systems. These findings can be useful to guide policy actions towards achieving food security and nutrition in the rural regions where food environments are under rapid transitions in the LMICs.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2023-04-15
 
Type Article
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12069/1/Journal%20of%20Agriculture%20and%20food%20research_Kumar%20S%20et%20al.pdf
Kumar, S and Das, A and Kasala, K and Ridoutt, B and Patan, E K and Bogard, J and Ravula, P and Pramanik, S and Lim-Camacho, L and Nedumaran, S (2023) Assessing the rural food environment for advancing sustainable healthy diets: Insights from India. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. ISSN 2311-2476 (In Press)