CONTENTS: 1.Overview / Corinna Hawkes and Marie T. Ruel; 2. Agriculture, Food, and Health: Perspectives on a Long … Relationship / Tim Lang; 3. Agricultural Technology and Health / Michael Lipton, Saurabh Sinha, and Rachel Blackman; 4. Agriculture … and Nutrition Linkages: Old Lessons and New Paradigms / Corinna Hawkes and Marie T. Ruel; 5. Agriculture, Food Safety, and …

"Good health and productive agriculture are both essential in the fight against poverty. In a rapidly changing world …, agriculture faces many challenges, both old (natural resource constraints, extreme weather conditions, and agricultural pests) and … world faces... The briefs in this series aim to communicate what is known about the linkages between agriculture and health …

agriculture, presents a case study on the trade-offs between their health and economic impacts, and proposes responses... To … effect change, the agriculture and health sectors should work together more closely. The agricultural sector should develop …

"Agriculture produces food fundamental for human health. It therefore seems obvious that agriculture, food, and health … are related! Agriculture affects whether people have enough food to eat, whether it is of sufficient nutritional value … different ways of looking at the relationships between agriculture, food, and health. Agricultural connections to food and …

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …

should be done in the future? In 2011, agriculture moved to the forefront of the international development agenda. In … addition to producing adequate food, agriculture's crucial role in improving nutrition and health, sustainably making use of …

The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … editors and contributors of West African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine … economic and biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources …