Agriculture and Nutrition in Pakistan – Pathways and Disconnects

Abstract

This paper analyses the pathways and disconnects between agriculture and nutrition in the context of Pakistan, using a framework developed by theTackling the Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India (TANDI) research programme. The pathways identified are: agriculture as a source of food agriculture as a source of income supply and demand factors in agriculture that impact household food security non-food expenditure of income derived from agriculture role of gender through female employment in agriculture and its impact on intra-household allocations, care practices and wome's own energy expenditure. The analysis highlights the importance of moving beyond understanding agriculture as a source of food for farm households, and examines the trade-off between self-consumption and the market price of food. There is a research brief which summaries this paper This research was supported by the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) programme