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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

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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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What constitutes a desirable outcome?

Achieveasustainable,strongdomesticsectorforoilseeds,reducingimportdependency,whilepromotingabalancedconsumptionofedibleoilsaspartofahealthydiet

Policyanalysis.AdaptedfromGrindleandThomas(1991)

PolicyandregulationTechnologicalFinancial:costsandprofitsOrganizational,ownershipandpower

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Methods

ValueChainanalysis

KeypointsforinterventionCoherence

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ProcessPolicycharacteristics

Opportunities/Challenges

Expertandstakeholderinterviews.Policydocumentanalysis

TargetingFormalandinformalfoodenvironments

Foodsecurityoriented

interventions

Agriculturalinterventions

Inoilseedsandoilpalm

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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

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Contactemail:Soledad.Cuevas@lshtm.ac.uk