Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture: Insights from ICAE 2015 Milan Symposium Session
Explore the intersection of agriculture and nutrition theory with a focus on time allocation, food acquisition, care practices, and consumption. Dive into the importance of nutritious foods, production, and market decisions. Discover what the ICAE 2015 in Milan revealed about the impact of various factors on agriculture and nutrition research.
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Agriculture and Nutrition: Agriculture and Nutrition: Theory and Research Questions Theory and Research Questions Will Masters & Steve Block (Tufts University) Symposium session on Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (AReNA) at the 29th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) Milan, Italy August 12th, 2015 william.masters@tufts.edu http://sites.tufts.edu/willmasters steven.block@tufts.edu http:// fletcher.tufts.edu/fletcher_directory/steven-block 1
Ag Ag- -nutrition theory nutrition theory: What others are saying
Ag Ag- -nutrition theory in economics nutrition theory in economics: As simple as possible but no simpler* Nutrition uses time as well as money Nutrition uses time as well as money (care practices as well as dietary intake) (care practices as well as dietary intake) Time allocation (care practices vs. other activities) Food acquisition (home production vs. market transactions) Care practices (IYCF, WASH, CMAM, etc.) Nutritious foods (kg/yr) Consumption Consumption Production In self-sufficiency, production =consumption Production With markets and public services, decisions are separable Qty. of other goods (various units) Qty. of labor time (hrs/yr) * Occam s razor, as attributed to Albert Einstein
Ag-nutrition theory: who cares? food agriculture nutrition 4
Ag-nutrition theory: what matters? obesity malnutrition 5
ICAE 2015 in Milan: What s on now 6
ICAE 2015 in Milan: What s on now Word roots in ICAE paper titles that appear >5 times impact 26 food 24 evidence 20 market 17 effect 16 policy 14 agricultural 14 price 12 farm 12 trade 12 security 11 case 10 rural 10 land 9 farmer 9 household 9 model 8 china 8 quality develop assess biofuel change analysis sector economic approach demand program european production invest productivity africa efficiency 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
ICAE 2015 in Milan: What s on now Word roots in ICAE paper titles that appear >5 times impact 26 food 24 evidence 20 market 17 effect 16 policy 14 agricultural 14 price 12 farm 12 trade 12 security 11 case 10 rural 10 land 9 farmer 9 household 9 model 8 china 8 quality develop assess biofuel change analysis sector economic approach demand program european production invest productivity africa efficiency 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8
ICAE 2018 in Vancouver: What s ahead? -- choose up to 5 words that you think are most likely to be in your paper titles -- please, only the words that distinguish a particular question, theory or method -- we ll be back at the end of this session to discuss your favorite words! 9
45 mins later: results Likely ag-nutrition topics for ICAE in Vancouver, Aug. 2019 measurement africa institutional governance health joint food systems (2) agriculture-nutrition links spatial lobbyists height-for-age sex-disaggregated survey methods climate change policy intrahousehold (2) impact (2) uncertainty greenhouse gasses incentives (2) diets (2) women impact evaluation taxation diet diversity gender information update causation poverty markets (3) seasonal child activity cge model assets market access seasonality (2) ageing experiment deprivation market integration consumer lifecycle analysis heterogeneity infrastructure demand microsimulation efficiency off-farm employment food employment media regressive effects productivity (2) food prices (2) structural transform. (2) public child care programs design and evaluation of nutrition-sensitive production oriented interventions subnational equivalence scales structural change sanitation habitual choice remoteness security R&D systems supplementary feeding nutrition nutrition knowledge roads and markets high-frequency data innovation capacityprocessing rural timing social network value chains vitamin D urbanization 10
