Household gender
- Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition
- S. Wiggins; S. Keats / Overseas Development Institute, 2013
- Commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance for the June 2013 'Hunger Summit' this report asks "How can smallholder agriculture contribute to improving food security and reducing under-nutrition?" Potentially, smallholder agricultur...
- Does dietry diversity indicate womens' dietry quality?: evidence from rural Bangladesh
- M. Arimond; L. Torheim; D. Wiesman / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008
- In developing countries, where low-quality, monotonous grain- and tuber-based diets are the norm, the risk for micronutrient deficiencies is high, especially amongst women of reproductive age. However, despite being a global problem, ...
- Forging partnerships to reduce food insecurity of HIV-affected households: a case study from Uganda
- K. Coon; J. Ogden; J. Odolon / Population Council, USA, 2007
- Although knowledge and technologies exist in Uganda to better enable households to be food secure, agricultural sector programmes are not promoting them as effectively as they could. Likewise, health and social welfare programmes...
- Overcoming hunger in South Asia by empowering women
- N. Ramachandran / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
- Despite the progress in food production and availability, nutrition levels of women and children in South Asia remain exceptionally low. This paper explores various aspects of the relationship between women and food security in the re...
- Impacts of livelihoods interventions on female-headed households in Tigray
- M. Desta; G. Haddis; S. Ataklt / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006
- This report looks at the activities of different organisations working for the improved livelihood of the local community in Tigray, Ethiopia, with a particular emphasis on the Women's Association of Tigray (WAT), as an indigenous NGO...
- How household gender relations affect the success of development projects
- A. Quisumbing; B. McClafferty / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006
- This book addresses gender and intrahousehold issues that influence gender equality as well as the success of development interventions. The book is a non-technical presentation of research findings from IFPRI’s research programm...
- 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 roles assumed by males and females...
- Local seed distribution systems in post-disaster Mozambique
- L.T. Traedal / LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004
- This article looks at seed flow in the post-flood situation experienced by Southern Mozambique in the year 2000. It looks at the local processes of seed acquisition based on the traditional values of help and solidarity. Too often see...
- How can the MDG in hunger be achieved?: issues of food security in Asia
- G. Gill; J. Farrington; E. Anderson; C. Luttrell; T. Conway; N.C. Saxena; R. Slater / Overseas Development Institute, 2003
- This paper provides an overview of food security issues in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam. It identifies the key issues relating to food s...
- Smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition
- S. Wiggins; S. Keats / Overseas Development Institute, 2013
- Commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance for the June 2013 'Hunger Summit' this report asks "How can smallholder agriculture contribute to improving food security and reducing under-nutrition?" Potentially, smallholder agricultur...
- Does dietry diversity indicate womens' dietry quality?: evidence from rural Bangladesh
- M. Arimond; L. Torheim; D. Wiesman / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008
- In developing countries, where low-quality, monotonous grain- and tuber-based diets are the norm, the risk for micronutrient deficiencies is high, especially amongst women of reproductive age. However, despite being a global problem, ...
- Forging partnerships to reduce food insecurity of HIV-affected households: a case study from Uganda
- K. Coon; J. Ogden; J. Odolon / Population Council, USA, 2007
- Although knowledge and technologies exist in Uganda to better enable households to be food secure, agricultural sector programmes are not promoting them as effectively as they could. Likewise, health and social welfare programmes...
- Overcoming hunger in South Asia by empowering women
- N. Ramachandran / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006
- Despite the progress in food production and availability, nutrition levels of women and children in South Asia remain exceptionally low. This paper explores various aspects of the relationship between women and food security in the re...
- Impacts of livelihoods interventions on female-headed households in Tigray
- M. Desta; G. Haddis; S. Ataklt / Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006
- This report looks at the activities of different organisations working for the improved livelihood of the local community in Tigray, Ethiopia, with a particular emphasis on the Women's Association of Tigray (WAT), as an indigenous NGO...
- How household gender relations affect the success of development projects
- A. Quisumbing; B. McClafferty / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006
- This book addresses gender and intrahousehold issues that influence gender equality as well as the success of development interventions. The book is a non-technical presentation of research findings from IFPRI’s research programm...
- 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 roles assumed by males and females...
- Local seed distribution systems in post-disaster Mozambique
- L.T. Traedal / LinKS Project: Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems for Food Security, FAO, 2004
- This article looks at seed flow in the post-flood situation experienced by Southern Mozambique in the year 2000. It looks at the local processes of seed acquisition based on the traditional values of help and solidarity. Too often see...
- How can the MDG in hunger be achieved?: issues of food security in Asia
- G. Gill; J. Farrington; E. Anderson; C. Luttrell; T. Conway; N.C. Saxena; R. Slater / Overseas Development Institute, 2003
- This paper provides an overview of food security issues in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam. It identifies the key issues relating to food s...
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