Food Security

For over thirty years, ICRW has examined the role of women in increasing agricultural production and sustainably managing natural resources. These historic publications present ICRW’s groundbreaking research and analysis in examining the role of women as economic agents of change in agriculture systems.

Women, Land and Sustainable Development outlines the linkages between women’s land rights, development and sustainability.

See other historical agriculture publications:
Gender in Community Development and Resource Management
Women, Population and the Environment
Bridging the Gender Gap in Agricultural Extension
Women in Agriculture: What Development Can Do

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Although knowledge and technologies exist in Uganda to better enable households to be food secure, agricultural sector programs are not promoting them as effectively as they could. Likewise, programs exist in the health and social welfare sectors to support HIV-affected households, but these do not generally incorporate the kinds of nutritional and agricultural know-how required to meet affected households' food security needs. This report provides recommendations on how these technical sectors, agriculture, health and nutrition, can be better integrated within communities to improve food security.

Working with partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand, ICRW undertook a series of studies to explore how to increase intake of iron, vitamin A and iodine by combining women's productive and reproductive roles. This report summarizes the findings from the intervention research project implemented in Kenya, where new varieties of sweet potatoes rich in beta carotene were introduced to women farmers.

Working with partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand, ICRW undertook a series of studies to explore how to increase intake of iron, vitamin A and iodine by combining women's productive and reproductive roles. This report summarizes the findings from the intervention research project implemented by Mahidol University's Institute of Nutrition in Thailand.

Working with partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand, ICRW undertook a series of studies to explore how to increase intake of iron, vitamin A and iodine by combining women's productive and reproductive roles. This report summarizes findings from Ethiopia, where a trial intervention aimed to improve vitamin A status among women and young children.

Despite the mounting evidence that improving women's education, income and status helps break the hunger-malnutrition-poverty cycle, women and girls throughout the world continue to face exclusion from agricultural development and nutrition programs. ICRW advocates for a linked approach between gender equality and nutrition interventions in order to maximize each project's impact.

Working with partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand, ICRW undertook a series of studies to explore how to increase intake of iron, vitamin A and iodine by combining women's productive and reproductive roles. This report summarizes the findings from the intervention research project implemented by the Center for the Study and Promotion of Nutrition (CEPREN) in Peru. The study was designed to engage women members of community kitchens in the design, implementation, and evaluation of a trial intervention to reduce iron deficiency among women of reproductive age.

ICRW worked to forge partnerships among institutions with expertise in HIV/AIDS, agriculture, nutrition and gender in order to improve the food security of AIDS-affected households in Uganda. This brief outlines the two phases of the project.

Working with partners in Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, Tanzania, and Thailand, ICRW undertook a series of studies to explore how to increase intake of iron, vitamin A and iodine by combining women's productive and reproductive roles. This report summarizes the findings from the intervention research project implemented from 1995-98 in Tanzania. The focus of the study was to promote the adoption of improved home-based solar dryers as a means to enhance nutritional quality of vitamin A-rich foods and consumption of those foods by young children.

For over thirty years, ICRW has examined the role of women in increasing agricultural production and sustainably managing natural resources. These historic publications present ICRW’s groundbreaking research and analysis in examining the role of women as economic agents of change in agriculture systems.

Gender in Community Development and Resource Management: An Overview outlines women's roles in natural resource management and economic development, as well as socioeconomic, institutional, policy, and program constraints on women and their participation in projects aimed at improving resource management and alleviating poverty.

See other historical agriculture publications:
Women, Land and Sustainable Development
Women, Population and the Environment
Bridging the Gender Gap in Agricultural Extension
Women in Agriculture: What Development Can Do

Download Gender in Community Development and Resource Management: An Overview: