全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Healthy, affordable and climate-friendly diets in India.

G2TT

来源类型	Article
规范类型	其他
DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.02.013
	Healthy, affordable and climate-friendly diets in India.
	Rao N; Min J; DeFries R; Ghosh-Jerath S; Valin H; Fanzo J
发表日期	2018
出处	Global Environmental Change 49: 154-165
出版年	2018
语种	英语
摘要	India has among the highest lost years of life from micronutrient deficiencies. We investigate what dietary shifts would eliminate protein, iron, zinc and Vitamin A deficiencies within households’ food budgets and whether these shifts would be compatible with mitigating climate change. This analysis uses the National Sample Survey (2011–12) of consumption expenditure to calculate calorie, protein and the above micronutrient intake deficiencies and relate them to diets, income and location. We show that more than two-thirds of Indians consume insufficient micronutrients, particularly iron and Vitamin A, and to a lesser extent zinc. A greater proportion of urban households than rural households are deficient at all income levels and for all nutrients, with few exceptions. Deficiencies reduce with increasing income. Using constrained optimization, we find that households could overcome these nutrient deficiencies within their food budgets by diversifying their diets, particularly towards coarse cereals, pulses, and leafy vegetables, and away from rice. These dietary changes could reduce India’s agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 25%. Current agricultural and food pricing policies may disincentivize these dietary shifts, particularly among the poor.
主题	Energy (ENE) ; Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM)
关键词	Micronutrient deficiencies Co-benefits Climate mitigation Hidden hunger Food security
URL	http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/15167/
来源智库	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/131468
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rao N,Min J,DeFries R,et al. Healthy, affordable and climate-friendly diets in India.. 2018.