Food Systems Policy Coherence Across 10 LMICs in Africa and Asia, 2024-2025

Ten low- and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia are covered by this data on food systems policy coherence, collected between 2024 and 2025. The data supports a paper published in Food Policy and is associated with a project by GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition). It was authored by Stella Nordhagen and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Measure policy alignment across different government sectors based on the concept of policy coherence.
• Compare food systems governance structures across 10 low- and middle-income countries.
• Assess the implementation of food policy toolkits in specific national contexts.
• Analyze temporal changes in policy frameworks using the 2024-2025 collection period.

Strengths

• Data covers 10 distinct countries, providing a multi-national perspective.
• Collection period is explicitly defined as 2024-2025.
• Linked to a peer-reviewed publication in Food Policy and a project by a named organization (GAIN).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Stella Nordhagen's Dataverse, associated with GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition).

Collection Method

Likely collected through policy analysis or expert assessment as part of a research project.

Time Range

2024-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 12:20:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

10 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Africa and Asia.