[DOWNLOAD] "Food Security and Women in Developing Countries." by Ahfad Journal # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Food Security and Women in Developing Countries.
- Author : Ahfad Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2001
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 239 KB
Description
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 people in developing countries. [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]