World Bank Group2014-09-102014-09-102014-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20029The purpose of this paper is to provide forward-looking recommendations for linking agriculture and nutrition by looking back over the 40 years since both nutrition and rural development began at the Bank in 1973. This paper sets out to explore whether what is currently being suggested has been attempted in the past; in what circumstances, with what sort of support or commitment, by what actors, and with what results. Throughout, the World Bank is a case study set within the larger development aid architecture due to its role as one of the largest actors in agriculture and nutrition investments in developing countries around the nutrition initially was housed in the Population department (1972-75), and then moved to Agriculture and Rural Development (1975-79). Since 1979 it has been housed with health and other human development world. The initial motivation was to showcase the depth of historical resources available in the World Bank Group Archives, and to demonstrate how they can be used to inform current practice. Several lessons learned primarily from the World Bank experience are applicable to the Bank's current commitment to nutrition-sensitive agriculture, as well as to the development community at large, that is tackling the same agenda.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO FOODADEQUATE CALORIESAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTUREAID AGENCIESANIMAL BREEDINGBACTERIABANANASBREADBREASTFEEDINGCAPACITY BUILDINGCARBOHYDRATESCASSAVACEREAL CROPSCEREAL PRICESCEREALSCHILD NUTRITIONCITRUS FRUITSCLIMATE CHANGECLINICSCOMMUNITY NUTRITIONCONSUMPTION BEHAVIORCORNCROP PRODUCTIONCROP VARIETIESDAIRYDIABETESDIETARY DIVERSITYDIETSDIVERSIFICATIONDROUGHTEDUCATION PROGRAMSFAMILIESFAMINEFAMINESFARM MANAGEMENTFATSFISH PROTEIN CONCENTRATEFOOD ACCESSFOOD AIDFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNSFOOD DEMANDFOOD DISTRIBUTIONFOOD FOR ALLFOOD NEEDSFOOD POLICYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD PROCESSINGFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD PRODUCTSFOOD QUANTITYFOOD REQUIREMENTSFOOD SAFETYFOOD SECURITYFOOD SHORTAGEFOOD SHORTAGESFOOD STAPLESFOOD STOCKSFOOD SUBSIDIESFOOD SUPPLEMENTSFOOD SUPPLIESFOOD SUPPLYFOOD SYSTEMFOOD SYSTEMSFOOD TECHNOLOGYFOODSFORTIFIED FOODSFRUITSGRAIN PRODUCTIONGRAINSGROUNDNUTSHAZARDSHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH SERVICESHOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITYHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN HEALTHIFPRIILLITERACYINCOME GENERATIONINFANT FORMULAINFANT MORTALITYINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERVENTIONIRRIGATIONISOLATIONLABELINGLACK OF INCENTIVESLEGUMESLIVING STANDARDSMAIZEMALNUTRITIONMARKETINGMEATMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIESMILKMILK POWDERMOUNTAINS POVERTY REDUCTIONNATURAL FOODSNUTRITION COMPONENTSNUTRITION EDUCATIONNUTRITION INTERVENTIONSNUTRITION OUTCOMESNUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCYNUTRITIONAL STATUSNUTRITIONISTSOBESITYPERISHABILITYPHYSICAL ACTIVITYPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTPOLICY DOCUMENTPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ERADICATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION PROJECTPRODUCTION SIDEPROTEINPROTEIN CONTENTPROTEINSPUBLIC HEALTHPULSESREGIONAL LEVELSRESEARCH CENTERSRESEARCH PROGRAMRICERISK MANAGEMENTRISK REDUCTIONRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POORSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL MEALS PROGRAMSSMALL FARMERSSMALLHOLDER FARMERSSOCIAL MARKETINGSOCIAL PROTECTIONSUBSISTENCESUBSISTENCE FARMERSTARGETINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCEVEGETABLESVITAMIN DEFICIENCYVITAMINSVULNERABLE GROUPSWFPWHEATWHEAT FLOURWORLD FOOD CONFERENCEWORLD FOOD PROGRAMME10.1596/20029