Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Economic Growthen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Integrated Development Studiesen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierAlka Chauhan: 0000-0001-9391-620X
cg.creator.identifierSamuel Scott: 0000-0002-5564-0510
cg.creator.identifierPurnima Menon: 0000-0001-5988-2894
cg.creator.identifierSuman Chakrabarti: 0000-0002-5078-2173
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/open-access-agrifood-system-data-from-4000-households-across-bangladesh-india-and-nepal/en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5082127en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
dc.contributor.authorChauhan, Alkaen
dc.contributor.authorScott, Samuel P.en
dc.contributor.authorJoe, Williamen
dc.contributor.authorMaharjan, Nanda Kumaren
dc.contributor.authorMenon, Purnimaen
dc.contributor.authorChakrabarti, Sumanen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-16T15:03:27Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-16T15:03:27Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/169268
dc.titleRural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asiaen
dcterms.abstractThe rapid South Asia rural transformation, driven by globalization and industrialization, has introduced a complex interaction between traditional and modern food systems. This study characterizes rural food environments in five districts across Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, focusing on how affordability, availability, accessibility, desirability, and convenience shape dietary choices and quality. Through extensive household and market surveys, we find rural diets characterized by low intake of healthy foods and moderate to high consumption of unhealthy options, influenced by a lack of affordability and the desirability and widespread availability of cheap ultra-processed products in rural markets. Snacking plays a significant role in shaping dietary patterns, promoting both dietary diversity and unhealthy food consumption. These findings provide essential insights for designing interventions tailored to rural food systems, supporting efforts to improve nutrition and health outcomes in rapidly changing markets.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChauhan, Alka; Scott, Samuel P.; Joe, William; Maharjan, Nanda Kumar; Menon, Purnima; and Chakrabarti, Suman. 2025. Rural diets under pressure: Food environments and their influence on food choice in South Asia. SSRN Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5082127en
dcterms.isPartOfSSRN Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2025-01-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseOther
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.08.25320196en
dcterms.subjectcapacity buildingen
dcterms.subjectrural areasen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.subjectfood environmenten
dcterms.subjectfeeding preferencesen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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