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The gender brief is tailored to provide insight into the contributions of women in small-scale fisheries to healthy food systems and sustainable livelihoods in the United Republic of Tanzania. Approximately 220 000...

Capacity to weather economic shocks is often mediated by social identity, which in turn determines access to social, economic and physical capital. We study the repercussions of a large...

This study examined (a) the relationship between women's empowerment, men's empowerment, and food security within households and (b) the effect of gender power in households on the food security...

Climate change endangers food security globally and in Uganda particularly. Our objective was the assessment of weather shocks’ impact on the food security of smallholder households in Uganda...

In South Africa, especially in rural areas, access to essential resources such as water, sanitation, and energy is limited. This issue disproportionately impacts female-headed households, which also...

Background The role of agricultural commercialization in improving household food security has been widely documented. Convinced of its importance, in 2020, the Government of Malawi adopted agricultural...

Poverty is a state of deprivations that is manifested in multidimensional forms. There are distinctions between men and women, in its prevalence, extent and effects, particularly on food security experienced...

Sub-Saharan Africa is highly vulnerable to climate change, with rural women dis- proportionately affected due to pre-existing gender inequalities that both increase their need for adaptation...

Food systems are critically important for food security and employment in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Moreover, expansion of nonfarm components of food systems (FS) reinforces efforts...

Highlights: Child nutrition counselling promotes higher child dietary diversity. Joint intra-household feeding decisions improve higher child dietary diversity. Female-headed households...