Livelihoods
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- Women and food security
- ( R. Mehra;M. H. Rojas / International Center for Research on Women, USA , 2009)
- The steep increase in global food prices has added nearly 100 million people to the numbers who are chronically hungry, pushing the world total to nearly 1 billion people. Amid a global financial cris...
- Gender in Agriculture from a sustainable livelihoods approach
- ( L. Brown;Y. Lambrou;R. Birner / International Fund for Agricultural Development , 2008)
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This sourcebook combines descriptive accounts of national and international experience in investing in agriculture with practical operational guidance on to how to design agriculture-for-developmen...
- Gender and natural resource management: critical feminist perspectives
- ( B., P. Resurreccion;R. Elmhirst / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
- This book examines the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy, and practice that are often ...
Addressing the gender-differentiated risks of liquid biofuel production
- ( A. Rossi;Y. Lambrou / Economic and Social Department, FAO , 2008)
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The production of liquid biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel is rapidly increasing in developing countries, due mainly to the establishment of large-scale biofuel feedstock plantations. This ...
- Assessing the impacts of food insecurity in Sudan
- ( T. Frankenberger;J. Downen;J. Meyer / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2007)
- This study provides an assessment of the key issues related to the impact that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has had on the most insecure food and nutritionally vulnerable areas and people i...
How can food aid support womens' role in food crises?
- ( ActionAid International , 2007)
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Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of...
- Recommending that nutritional interventions be adapted to local contexts
- ( Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank , 2006)
- This document explores the strengths and weaknesses of Asia Development Bank (ADB)-financed regional technical assistance (RETA), a modality in addressing nutrition issues and initiatives. Five member...
- Pregnant and nursing women at high risk of malnutrition given traditional food allocation patterns in Ethiopia
- ( A. Kimhi / Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University, Israel , 2004)
- This paper examines the patterns of food allocation within Ethiopian households, with a particular focus on gender differences and the sources of these differences. The author proposes that different ...
- Men and women use different strategies to cope with drought
- ( V.K. Wawire / Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia , 2003)
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This study seeks to assess the adaptive strategies used by men and women from different social and economic backgrounds to cope with drought in the Turkana district of Kenya.
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- Lessons to counter gender-blind drylands management
- ( Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions , 2003)
- With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relatio...
