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Improving Health and sustainability impacts of the edible oil sector in India: A qualitative policy analysis
SoledadCuevas,BhavaniShankar,Suparna Ghosh-Jerath,ShaunaDowns,Aafreen Ayaan,MarcusKeogh-Brown
Context: Production, import and consumption trends
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Oil,Coconut Oil,Cottonseed Oil,Palm
Oil,PalmKernel Oil,Peanut Oil,Rapeseed
Oil,Soybean Oil,Sunflowerseed
SustainabilityinsupplyingcountriesConstraintstodomesticsectorexpansionNutritionandNCD
Context: Production, import and consumption trends
Context: Oil processing industry
Rapidlychangingindustry
ConsolidationandintegrationintolargerfirmsandprocessingunitsIncreasedinfluenceofglobalconsumerbrands
Context: Interacting policy interventions
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CrudePalmOil RBDPalmolein
CrudeSoyabeanOil RefinedSoyabeanOil
Endofexportban
NewagriculturepromotionschemeNMOOP
Schemefordistribution
Exportban
What constitutes a desirable outcome?
Achieveasustainable,strongdomesticsectorforoilseeds,reducingimportdependency,whilepromotingabalancedconsumptionofedibleoilsaspartofahealthydiet
Policyanalysis.AdaptedfromGrindleandThomas(1991)
PolicyandregulationTechnologicalFinancial:costsandprofitsOrganizational,ownershipandpower
Characteristicsineachsegment
Methods
ValueChainanalysis
KeypointsforinterventionCoherence
Context
ProcessPolicycharacteristics
Opportunities/Challenges
Expertandstakeholderinterviews.Policydocumentanalysis
TargetingFormalandinformalfoodenvironments
Foodsecurityoriented
interventions
Agriculturalinterventions
Inoilseedsandoilpalm
Tariffsettingandtradepolicy
Key points for coherent intervention
TargetingFormalandinformalfoodenvironments
Foodsecurityoriented
interventions
Agriculturalinterventions
Inoilseedsandoilpalm
Tariffsettingandtradepolicy
Key points for coherent intervention
Typeofintervention Opportunities ChallengesNutrition-sensitiveAgriculturalinterventions
Substantialinvestmentinareasthatcanbeleveragedfornutrition.
Explicitaimforcoherencewithsustainabilityschemes(NMSA)
Perceivedhistoricalfailureandlackofconfidence
Somespecificcharacteristicsofpalmoilasacropandasaneconomicsector
TargetingFormalandinformalfoodenvironments
Foodsecurityoriented
interventions
Agriculturalinterventions
Inoilseedsandoilpalm
Tariffsettingandtradepolicy
Key points for coherent intervention
Typeofintervention Opportunities ChallengesCross-cutting Historyofsectoral
interventioncreaterelevantstructuresformonitoringandcoordination.
NCDprevention,foodsecurityandsustainabilitystillperceivedascompetingagendas
“confusing”scientificevidence
Key insights
• Nosinglepolicyinterventioncanaddressallissues• Advicetoconsumersaboutconsumptionofspecificoilsnothighlyeffective.• Instead,coherenttargetingofkeypointsalongthevaluechain:
1. Thereareopportunitiesforclimateandnutrition-sensitiveagriculturalpoliciesintheoilseedsector
2. Abroaderagendafortariffsettingcouldsupportotherinterventions
3. InitiativestoimprovefoodenvironmentsandcombatNCDaregainingtractionbutarefragmentedandnothighlyvisible.
4. Alignmentofshorttermfoodsecurityorientedinterventions(distributionandfortification)toensurethatshorttermobjectivesarebalancedwithlongtermgoalsinthesector.
References
• Hawkes,Corinna,andMarieTRuel.2012.‘ValueChainsforNutrition’.EditedbyShenggen FanandRajul Pandya-Lorch,73.
• Grindle,Merilee,andJohnThomas.1991.‘PublicChoicesandPolicyChange’.• ProductionSupplyandDistributionDatabase,USDA• Figure2.FattyAcidProfilesofCommonFatsandOils.Source:USDADietaryGuidelinesfor
Americans(USDA,2010)• Shankar,Bhavani,etal."Policiesforhealthyandsustainableedibleoilconsumption:a
stakeholderanalysisforThailand." Publichealthnutrition20.6(2017):1126-1134.https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainforestactionnetwork/5551933172https://www.flickr.com/photos/owenyoung/16729118691https://www.flickr.com/photos/-rhys-/70768600https://www.flickr.com/photos/dnaidoo/9446971081Doughnut,JeromePaz,https://flic.kr/p/7ifgC6https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
