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The Marital Immigrant. Land, and Agricultue: A Malawian Case Study
2010The central and southern regions of Malawi predominantly follow matrilineal succession and inheritance and practice uxorilocal marriages. Women, rather than men, own the primary land rights.OrganisationSokoine University of Agriculture
University departments offering teaching, research and consultancy services.DocumentGender and Intra-Household Use of Fertilizers in the Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012Working Paper 28 by Ephraim W. Chirwa, Peter M. Mvula, Andrew Dorward and Mirriam MatitaDecember 2011DocumentGender Analysis: Engaging with Rural Development and Agricultural Policy Processes
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012Christine OkaliJanuary 2012DocumentGender and Other Social Differences: Implications for FAC
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2011Christine Okali This paper addresses the challenge of integrating learning from four decades of gender and feminist research in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) into the research of the Future Agricultures Consortium of the Institute of Development Studies.DocumentThe differentiated effects of food price spikes on poverty in Uganda
AgEcon Search, 2012The price spike of 2006-08 set off alarm bells that millions of poor households would find themselves pushed below the poverty line or pushed further below it as a result of these higher prices.DocumentLinkages between agriculture and nutrition: implications for policy and research
AgEcon Search, 1993The persistent pressure to increase food production to keep pace with population growth has forced many countries to accept short-term solutions that ultimately threaten the sustainability of initial food production gains. This paper is sought to help carving a rationalised relationship between agriculture and nutrition.DocumentAnimal source foods to improve micronutrient nutrition and human function in developing countries
Journal of Nutrition, 2003Nutrition programmers usually discards the option of increasing animal food intake, due to the belief that poor populations lack the necessary resources to be successful in animal production, and due to the potential for ecological harm.DocumentAgricultural research and policy for better health and nutrition in developing countries: a food systems approach
AgEcon Search, 2006A large number of diseases and health hazards link human health and the global food system, while malnutrition interacts with many of these diseases. This paper argues that the global food system begins and ends with health, and that the prioritisation and implementation of agricultural research and policy should consider health and nutrition effects.DocumentGlobalization of food systems in developing countries: impact on food security and nutrition
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004Street foods and supermarkets are becoming increasingly important, but nutritionists are growing progressively concerned. This compilation of articles examines the impact of globalisation and urbanisation on dietary patterns and nutritional status of urban populations in developing countries.Pages