Undernutrition, agriculture and public provisioning: the impact on women and children in India

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: nutritional well-being of women and children in India -- 2 Child underweight and agricultural land productivity -- 3 Child nutrition: linkages to agriculture -- 4 Women's BMI among farm and non-farm households in rural India -- 5 Child health opportunity index: a regional analysis -- 6 Nutritional status of women across social groups -- 7 Access to milk and milk products and child undernutrition -- 8 Conclusions: are we on the right path to achieve better nutrition? -- Index.

Foreword / R. Radhakrishna -- Preface / J.V. Meenakshi -- Introduction: Nutritional wellbeing of women and children in India / Swarna Sadasivam Vepa and Brinda Viswanathan -- Child underweight, agricultural land productivity and public provisioning / Swarna Sadasivam Vepa, Rohit Parasar and Brinda Viswanathan -- Child nutrition : linkages to agriculture / Anusha G. and Swarna Sadasivam Vepa -- Women's BMI in rural India : a comparison of farm and non-farm households / Brinda Viswanathan and Getsie Immanuel -- Nutrition opportunity index : an assessment of Indian children / Naline G. and Brinda Viswanathan -- Nutritional status of women across social groups / Swarna Sadasivam Vepa and Rohit Parasar -- Access to milk and milk products and child nutrition / Rohit Parasar and R.V. Bhavani -- Conclusions: Are we on the right path to achieve better nutrition? / Swarna Sadasivam Vepa.