Economic benefits of empowering women in agriculture: Assumptions and evidence

CL Anderson, TW Reynolds, P Biscaye… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses generally focus on intervention impacts or outcomes.
Less common, however, are reviews of the assumptions and theory underlying the pathways …

Women and health: the key for sustainable development

A Langer, A Meleis, FM Knaul, R Atun, M Aran… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Girls' and women's health is in transition and, although some aspects of
it have improved substantially in the past few decades, there are still important unmet needs …

[HTML][HTML] Women's empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?

E Sraboni, HJ Malapit, AR Quisumbing, AU Ahmed - World development, 2014 - Elsevier
Using a nationally representative survey from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship
between women's empowerment in agriculture, measured using the Women's …

Women's empowerment mitigates the negative effects of low production diversity on maternal and child nutrition in Nepal

HJL Malapit, S Kadiyala, AR Quisumbing… - The journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We use household survey data from Nepal to investigate relationships between women's
empowerment in agriculture and production diversity on maternal and child dietary diversity …

Women's empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya

GM Diiro, G Seymour, M Kassie, G Muricho… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
This paper documents a positive relationship between maize productivity in western Kenya
and women's empowerment in agriculture, measured using indicators derived from the …

Food sovereignty, food security and democratic choice: Critical contradictions, difficult conciliations

B Agarwal - Journal of Peasant Studies, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the concept of 'food sovereignty'has gained increasing ground among
grassroots groups, taking the form of a global movement. But there is no uniform …

[КНИГА][B] The state of the world's children 2008: Child survival

UNICEF. - 2007 - books.google.com
Millions of girls and women continue to live in poverty, disempowered and discriminated
against. They are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, less likely to attend school and …

[КНИГА][B] Water for food water for life: A comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture

D Molden - 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times-fundamental
to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse …

Gender differences in agricultural productivity: evidence from maize farm households in southern Ethiopia

GG Gebre, H Isoda, DB Rahut, Y Amekawa, H Nomura - GeoJournal, 2021 - Springer
This study examines the impact of gender differences on maize productivity in Dawuro Zone,
southern Ethiopia. Our study addressed the limitations of the previous studies in two ways …

Gender, agricultural production, and the theory of the household

C Udry - Journal of political Economy, 1996 - journals.uchicago.edu
Virtually all models of the household assume that the allocation of resources is Pareto
efficient. Within many African households, agricultural production occurs on many plots …