Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition in South Asia: Building Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems

This report provides a snapshot of the global malnutrition picture and South Asia’s position within it. It examines trends in nutrition, agriculture, and food consumption in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, offering a range of policy instruments for improving nutrition outcomes across the region. Agricultural trends and their drivers are explored, with a special focus on the relationship between farming and the environment; and proposes policy recommendations for each phase in the supply chain.