Determinants of food security status with reference to women farmers in rural Kenya

Role of Livestock Projects in Empowering Women Smallholder Farmers for Sustainable Food Security in Rural Kenya

Determinants of Food Security Status of Rural Households Living With HIV/AIDS in Southwestern Nigeria

ed by: Full-text available at www.ajbrui.com www.bioline.br/md www.ajol.com Received: October, 2006 Accepted (Revised): December, 2006 Published January, 2006 Full length Research Article Determinants of Food Security Status of Rural Households Living With HIV/AIDS in Southwestern Nigeria Adenegan, K.O. and Adewusi O.A. Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria..

IMPACT OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ON FOOD SECURITY AMONG RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

The study investigated the impact of women empowerment on food security in Kwara State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study assessed the levels of food security and women empowerment in the study area as well as examined the relationship between both. Also, constraints on women empowerment in the study area were identified. An interview schedule was used to elicit data from 150 rural households ac...

Fighting Hunger Together: A Case of Women Farmers’ Participation in Women Groups in Mwala Division, Kenya

Food security remains a major challenge for most rural households in Kenya especially those in arid and semi arid areas. Women play a crucial role as primary food producers and custodians of household food security. They however face many constraints in their endeavor to secure food for their households. Women, lack access to extension education, land and credit and these challenges are exacerb...

Food Security Status of Pregnant Women in Yazd, Iran, 2014-2015

  Background: Food security status is an important indicator for measuring the level of individuals' access to sufficient and nutritious food. This study was conducted to investigating the food security status in pregnant women in Yazd, Iran. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 351 pregnant women with gestational age of 24 to 32 weeks were randomly selected. Food security status was measur...