Understanding District Ecosystems: Implementation of Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Policies in Sabarkantha and Bijapur Districts (India)

This paper considers the implementation of nutrition programmes in Sabarkantha in Gujarat and Bijapur in Karnataka

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 July 2017
Country:
India
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
Authors:
Sonne, L, Bhatt, A, Neelakantan, A

Abstract

Nutrition policies are shaped at a national and state level in India; however programmes are implemented by the district administration. This paper considers the implementation of nutrition programmes in 2 districts — Sabarkantha in Gujarat and Bijapur in Karnataka — drawing on a systems approach to detail:

  1. how policies and programmes related to nutrition are implemented through the district ecosystem

  2. whether programmes are integrated and complementary, both within the state machine as well as with non-state programmes

  3. what the roles of state and non-state actors are in implementation.

This work is an output of the Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) programme

Citation

Lina Sonne, Anar Bhatt & Anjali Neelakantan, Understanding District Ecosystems: Implementation of Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Policies in Sabarkantha and Bijapur Districts (India) (2017). LANSA workign paper 17, 41pp

Understanding District Ecosystems: Implementation of Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Policies in Sabarkantha and Bijapur Districts (India)

Published 1 July 2017
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