Influence of agriculture on child nutrition through child feeding practices in India: A district-level analysis.

ABSTRACT: Malnutrition continues to be a primary concern for researchers and policymakers in India. There is limited scientific research on the effect of agriculture on child nutrition in the country using a large representative sample. To the best of our knowledge, no study has examined the spatial clustering of child malnutrition and its linkage with agricultural production at the district-level in the country. The present study aims to examine agricultural production's role in improving the nutritional status of Indian children through child feeding practices. The nutritional indicators of children from the National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16) and the agricultural production data for all the 640 districts of India obtained from the District-Wise Crop Production Statistics (2015-16), publishe

SUBMITTER: Dey D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8675687 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature