Livelihoods 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...
- Empowering Women through Livelihoods Orientated Agricultural Service Provision: A Consideration of Evidence from Southern Africa
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2008
- This paper considers the impact of livelihoods-oriented agricultural service provision for smallholder farmers on gender relationships and food security. The author suggests that the democratisation and liberalisation of agricultural ...
- Foresight Project on Global Food and Farming Futures: Science review SR: 48: Gender in the food system
- The Government Office for Science, 2011
- This report highlights the need for institutional changes that would benefit women within food systems globally, as consumers, producers, entrepreneurs and workers. The report identifies three emergent trends to be addressed in ...
- 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 crisis and further market instability,...
- Gender in Agriculture from a sustainable livelihoods approach
- L. Brown; Y. Lambrou; R. Birner / International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
- This extensive resource provides guidance for the development of rural agricultural strategies that effectively promote gender equality and women's empowerment and reduce poverty. The Sourcebook is the outcome of a collabo...
- 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 evident within the realm of gender...
- Addressing the gender-differentiated risks of liquid biofuel production
- A. Rossi; Y. Lambrou / Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2008
- 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 results in potential socio-economic b...
- 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 in southern Sudan and the Three Are...
- How can food aid support womens' role in food crises?
- ActionAid International, 2007
- 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 the key issues in modern food crises...
- 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 countries were consulted and inte...
- 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...
- Empowering Women through Livelihoods Orientated Agricultural Service Provision: A Consideration of Evidence from Southern Africa
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2008
- This paper considers the impact of livelihoods-oriented agricultural service provision for smallholder farmers on gender relationships and food security. The author suggests that the democratisation and liberalisation of agricultural ...
- Foresight Project on Global Food and Farming Futures: Science review SR: 48: Gender in the food system
- The Government Office for Science, 2011
- This report highlights the need for institutional changes that would benefit women within food systems globally, as consumers, producers, entrepreneurs and workers. The report identifies three emergent trends to be addressed in ...
- 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 crisis and further market instability,...
- Gender in Agriculture from a sustainable livelihoods approach
- L. Brown; Y. Lambrou; R. Birner / International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
- This extensive resource provides guidance for the development of rural agricultural strategies that effectively promote gender equality and women's empowerment and reduce poverty. The Sourcebook is the outcome of a collabo...
- 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 evident within the realm of gender...
- Addressing the gender-differentiated risks of liquid biofuel production
- A. Rossi; Y. Lambrou / Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2008
- 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 results in potential socio-economic b...
- 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 in southern Sudan and the Three Are...
- How can food aid support womens' role in food crises?
- ActionAid International, 2007
- 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 the key issues in modern food crises...
- 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 countries were consulted and inte...
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