Value Chains and Diet Quality: A Review of Impact Pathways and Intervention Strategies
Low and middle-income countries increasingly face a triple burden of malnutrition encompassing undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and excessive energy consumption contributing to overweight and obesity. Food systems are also becoming more complex, supported by investments in food processing a...
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doaj-f5727d66c8bc493f9c4700fe83e83bed2021-04-02T11:09:01ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722019-08-019918510.3390/agriculture9090185agriculture9090185Value Chains and Diet Quality: A Review of Impact Pathways and Intervention StrategiesBradley Ridoutt0Jessica R. Bogard1Kanar Dizyee2Lilly Lim-Camacho3Shalander Kumar4Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169, AustraliaAgriculture and Food, CSIRO, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, AustraliaAgriculture and Food, CSIRO, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, AustraliaAgriculture and Food, CSIRO, 306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, Queensland 4067, AustraliaInnovation Systems for the Drylands, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502324, Telangana, IndiaLow and middle-income countries increasingly face a triple burden of malnutrition encompassing undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and excessive energy consumption contributing to overweight and obesity. Food systems are also becoming more complex, supported by investments in food processing and retailing. Traditional approaches addressing hunger, typically based on agricultural development, are deemed insufficient alone to address the problem and attention is now being directed to food value chains, although experience is currently limited. To assess the state of science and identify knowledge gaps, an integrative review of the broad topic of value chains and diet quality was undertaken, with particular focus on interventions and their related impact pathways. Interventions were classified according to their primary orientation: to increase the availability, accessibility, or desirability of nutritious food. We identified 24 separate interventions associated with 10 different impact pathways, demonstrating the numerous entry points and large potential for value chain interventions to influence diet quality. However, case study evidence regarding effectiveness remains scant. Most studies addressed individual nutrient-rich commodities that could address a nutritional deficiency in the community of interest. Rarely was overall diet quality assessed, and future studies could benefit from taking a wider perspective of dietary patterns and food substitutions. The value chain analytical approach was deemed valuable due to its consumer orientation that seeks to understand how food products are used and what motivates their choice. The systems perspective is also important as it considers the roles of actors involved in food production, distribution, marketing, and regulation. However, few studies directly engaged with the subject of the local food environment as the bridge connecting food production and food choice. The challenge is to combat the increasing prevalence of processed foods of low nutritional value through interventions that lead to nutritious food becoming more conveniently available, affordable, and desirable.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/9/9/185dietary diversityfood environmentfood landscapefood systemnutrition-sensitive agriculturetriple burden of malnutritionUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 |
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Bradley Ridoutt Jessica R. Bogard Kanar Dizyee Lilly Lim-Camacho Shalander Kumar Value Chains and Diet Quality: A Review of Impact Pathways and Intervention Strategies Agriculture dietary diversity food environment food landscape food system nutrition-sensitive agriculture triple burden of malnutrition United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2 |
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Value Chains and Diet Quality: A Review of Impact Pathways and Intervention Strategies |
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Value Chains and Diet Quality: A Review of Impact Pathways and Intervention Strategies |
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Low and middle-income countries increasingly face a triple burden of malnutrition encompassing undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and excessive energy consumption contributing to overweight and obesity. Food systems are also becoming more complex, supported by investments in food processing and retailing. Traditional approaches addressing hunger, typically based on agricultural development, are deemed insufficient alone to address the problem and attention is now being directed to food value chains, although experience is currently limited. To assess the state of science and identify knowledge gaps, an integrative review of the broad topic of value chains and diet quality was undertaken, with particular focus on interventions and their related impact pathways. Interventions were classified according to their primary orientation: to increase the availability, accessibility, or desirability of nutritious food. We identified 24 separate interventions associated with 10 different impact pathways, demonstrating the numerous entry points and large potential for value chain interventions to influence diet quality. However, case study evidence regarding effectiveness remains scant. Most studies addressed individual nutrient-rich commodities that could address a nutritional deficiency in the community of interest. Rarely was overall diet quality assessed, and future studies could benefit from taking a wider perspective of dietary patterns and food substitutions. The value chain analytical approach was deemed valuable due to its consumer orientation that seeks to understand how food products are used and what motivates their choice. The systems perspective is also important as it considers the roles of actors involved in food production, distribution, marketing, and regulation. However, few studies directly engaged with the subject of the local food environment as the bridge connecting food production and food choice. The challenge is to combat the increasing prevalence of processed foods of low nutritional value through interventions that lead to nutritious food becoming more conveniently available, affordable, and desirable. |
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