Nutrition and Agriculture Interface is designed to provide students, research scholars, and professionals with a strong conceptual foundation for understanding the complex and dynamic relationship between agriculture and nutrition. Agriculture and nutrition are deeply interconnected disciplines, and their curricula in universities and colleges are structured to offer a holistic perspective on food systems, human health, and sustainable development.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the agricultural landscape and its direct and indirect linkages with population nutrition and public health. It highlights the significance of the agriculture–nutrition nexus and emphasizes the need to identify, evaluate, and strengthen these linkages to achieve positive, inclusive, and sustainable outcomes. By integrating agricultural production systems with nutritional and health perspectives, the book builds awareness of how farming practices, food availability, and dietary patterns influence nutritional status.

After studying this book, learners will be able to analyze regional agricultural scenarios, assess their impact on nutritional and health outcomes, and identify gaps and opportunities for strengthening agriculture–nutrition interfaces. The book equips readers with analytical and practical insights to support evidence-based interventions aimed at improving nutritional security through agriculture-led approaches.

Dr. Anuradha Dutta Professor Extension (Home Science, KVK), is married with two daughters. She has served the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology,  Pant Nagar  Uttarakhand, India  since 1986. She did her Ph.D in Social Science from H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar,Uttarakhand; her research topic being ”Nutritional Status of the people of Garhwal Himalayas” .Her Master’s degree was in Foods & Nutrition during which period she was recipient of ICAR Junior Fellowship.  For her graduate degree program in B.Sc.  Home Science (Honours)  she received the university Merit & Bursary fellowship.

Dr. Anuradha Dutta, has served as Director and  Joint Director  in the Directorate of Extension Education. She has also held the position of Head, Department of  Foods and Nutrition , College of Home Science, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology. She has over 39 years of experience in the field of extension, research and teaching and has been a part of the faculty  of the University of Gondar, Ethiopia for a year. In her  teaching career she has taught 27 courses, guided 8 Ph.D  and 9 Msc. students besides  being an advisory committee member of over 30 students. She developed and published the   B.Sc Home Science Syllabus (2014). Dr. Dutta has received 15 awards, submitted 9 patents has written 1 book,and 9 book chapters.She has over 55 research papers, besides 5 papers in international and 30 papers in national conferences and over 10 popular articles

Dr. Dutta has  vast experience of working with the farming community of the Uttarakhand Himalayas. She has been actively involved in the transfer of Technologies in the field of agriculture and allied subjects, with a focus on gender issues .Over time her specialization has become coarse grains and underutilized crops and community nutrition, as she has been involved with several projects  related to these crops. Dr. Dutta has implemented 3 international projects funded by Earth Watch Institute U.S.A., FAO and IFAD-Bioversity International. She has handled several nationally funded projects also.  She has  run 5 projects funded by DST,  ITC ltd.  NABARD, NIHE and Hill Development Grant, G.. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology .  She has been the Unit Coordinator and Principal investigator of AICRP on Home Science. She  has been a 3 times member of the scientific panel of legumes & pulses and its products of the FSSSAI, and has been a  Leader as well as a Senior member of the Joint Review Mission of the  PM POSHAN, , Ministry of Education , Govt.of India on 3  occasions.  She has  served as  an Expert in selection committee for Faculty  in  a number of central as well as state universities. Currently she is Member Board of studies of  The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) in Dehradun, and is continuing to serve the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology ,  Pant Nagar.

1. Fundamentals of Food, Nutrition And Agriculture Interface - Himani Belwal
2. Food Production And Consumption Trends And Food Balance Sheet - Sumiran Pandey
3. Role Of Nutrition In Agriculture Planning And Its Relationship With National Development - Shraddha Joshi
4. Imapct Of Natural And Man Made  Disasters On Agriculture, Nutrition And Health - Swarnika Bansal
5. Agencies In Disaster Management - Sandhya Dhyani
6. Food And Nutrition  Security At International And National Household Level - Himani Belwal
7. Vicious Cycle Of  Low  Food  Production  And Undernutrition - Effect Of Food Production And Economic Policies On Food Availability - Shraddha Joshi
8. Role Of  Agriculture In Enhancing Food Security - Food Crop Failure And Malnutrition - Swarnika Bansal
9. Impact   Of  Physical  Resources,  Farming Systems, Cropping Systems And Inputs On Food, Nutrition And Health - Swati Nautiyal
10. Agriculture Marketing System - Niyati Tandon
11. Sustainable Food System - Swati Nautiyal
12. Consumer Subsidy And Public Distribution System - Sandhya Dhyani
13. Role Of National And International Organisations  In Agricultural Development In India - Sumiran Pandey
14. Future Trends in Food Nutrition And Agriculture Interface - Niyati Tandon