Food security and women in developing countries.

From: Ahfad Journal | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Women in developing countries play a vital role in meeting the food and nutritional needs of their families through food production, economic access to food and ensuring nutrition security of family members. Despite these contributions, women are constrained by poverty, illiteracy, lack of access to credit and extension services as well as by inherent difficulties of discrimination that perpetuate gender inequalities. The paper highlights the urgent need to redress the constraints confronting women to enable them make significant contributions to eradicating food insecurity facing ...

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