title: Agriculture and Nutrition in Bangladesh: Mapping Evidence to Pathways.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although much work has been done on the theoretical links between agriculture and nutrition, there is limited understanding of the evidence from observational and experimental research studies on the impacts of agriculture programs on nutrition outcomes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the emphasis of the literature on different agriculture-nutrition pathways in Bangladesh.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty databases and Web sites were searched, yielding more than 2400 resources that were pared down through an iterative, eliminative process to 60 articles. These articles were then rated for quality and mapped to 1 of the 6 agriculture-nutrition pathways.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The body of evidence reveals gaps in knowledge in all of the pathways, but especially in the areas of agriculture as a source of livelihoods, and women's role as intermediaries between agriculture and good nutrition and health within their household.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More research is needed on the links between agriculture and nutrition in country-specific settings, particularly as regards the role of women. Nutrition-related outcomes, such as dietary diversity and women's empowerment, need to be measured more explicitly when evaluating the impact of agricultural production systems and development initiatives.
authors.affiliation: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA s.yosef@cgiar.org.
authors.forename: Sivan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yosef
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Barnali
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gillespie
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D001459:Bangladesh; D046688:Child Mortality; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003906:Developing Countries; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics; D005783:Gender Identity; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D000068097:Maternal Health; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009752:Nutritional Status
keywords: Bangladesh; agricultural production; agriculture; literature review; nutrition