Rural women: Most likely to experience food insecurity and poor health in low- and middle-income countries

Sinclair, Kate; Ahmadigheidari, Davod; Dallmann, Diana; Miller, Meghan; Melgar‐Quiñonez, Hugo

doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2019.04.006

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“…These variables were not significant predictors of food insecurity in Malawi or Benin, though small land size in general is still an important reason for food insecurity (Adjimoti & Kwadzo, 2018;Mango et al, 2018). Surprisingly, there was no difference in food insecurity related to the gender of the respondent or head of household, while in cross-cultural studies, women tend to experience food insecurity more often than men (Sinclair et al, 2019). In the studies of continental African populations mentioned above, higher education, off-farm income, and crop diversification significantly decreased food insecurity, while in our study, those variables were not significantly related to food insecurity.…”

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Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar

Herrera

Rabezara²,

Ravelomanantsoa

et al. 2021

Food Sec.

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Ending hunger and alleviating poverty are key goals for a sustainable future. Food security is a constant challenge for agrarian communities in low-income countries, especially in Madagascar. We investigated agricultural practices, household characteristics, and food security in northeast Madagascar. We tested whether agricultural practices, demographics, and socioeconomics in rural populations were related to food security. Over 70% of respondents reported times during the last three years during which food for the household was insufficient, and the most frequently reported cause was small land size (57%). The probability of food insecurity decreased with increasing vanilla yield, rice yield, and land size. There was an interaction effect between land size and household size; larger families with smaller land holdings had higher food insecurity, while larger families with larger land had lower food insecurity. Other socioeconomic and agricultural variables were not significantly related to food insecurity, including material wealth, education, crop diversity, and livestock ownership. Our results highlight the high levels of food insecurity in these communities and point to interventions that would alleviate food stress. In particular, because current crop and livestock diversity were low, agricultural diversification could improve outputs and mitigate food insecurity. Development of sustainable agricultural intensification, including improving rice and vanilla cultivation to raise yields on small land areas, would likely have positive impacts on food security and alleviating poverty. Increasing market access and off-farm income, as well as improving policies related to land tenure could also play valuable roles in mitigating challenges in food security.

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Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar

Herrera

Rabezara²,

Ravelomanantsoa

et al. 2021

Food Sec.

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“…Os entrevistados classificados em insegurança alimentar, independentemente do sexo, da renda, da idade e da escolaridade, foram de 30% a 50% mais propensos a perceber que as mulheres não eram tratadas com respeito e dignidade, o que sugere que as pessoas com insegurança alimentar estão mais expostas a um ambiente onde as mulheres enfrentam maior desrespeito [16][17][18] . A relação entre insegurança alimentar e desigualdade de gênero tem sido explorada pela literatura com evidências de que as mulheres são mais vulneráveis à insegurança alimentar 16,17 .…”

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“…Essa associação entre mulheres e insegurança alimentar foi atribuída a disparidades de gênero no acesso à educação, ao emprego, aos recursos produtivos e à renda, o que é esperado, pois esses fatores são determinantes da insegurança alimentar [16][17][18] . Além disso, mulheres se privam para proteger seus filhos, deixando de comer quando não há alimentos suficientes para toda a família, o que faz as mulheres com filhos serem ainda mais vulneráveis à insegurança alimentar 17 .…”

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“…Além das medidas de proteção às mulheres, as intervenções públicas são necessárias para proteger o acesso delas aos alimentos durante crises econômicas, uma vez que são mais vulneráveis à insegurança alimentar 2,17 . Estudos mostram que garantir o controle das mulheres sobre bens, recursos produtivos e renda pode aumentar a produção de alimentos e proteger o acesso das mulheres aos alimentos 16,17 . Portanto, as políticas públicas devem se concentrar no fortalecimento do poder de decisão das mulheres sobre a economia doméstica, a fim de melhorar sua situação de segurança alimentar.…”

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A pandemia de Covid-19 e seus entrelaçamentos com desigualdade de gênero, insegurança alimentar e apoio social na América Latina

Sousa

Ditterich²,

Melgar‐Quiñonez

2021

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Enquanto crises econômicas desencadeiam o aumento da insegurança alimentar (IA) e da desigualdade de gênero (DG), o apoio social tem mostrado aliviar esses impactos. No entanto, diferentemente de outros choques econômicos, a pandemia de Covid-19 incluiu no cenário de crise o isolamento social. Este estudo utilizou dados de pesquisa transversal coletados em 18 países da América Latina (AL) para avaliar as mudanças nas percepções de DG e sua associação com a IA e o apoio social durante período de crise econômica na região. Os resultados mostraram aumentos graduais nas percepções de DG na AL e que os entrevistados com IA e baixo apoio social eram os mais propensos a perceber a DG. Mulheres são mais vulneráveis à IA e à violência doméstica, e o isolamento social pode ser um agravante. Políticas públicas devem garantir que mulheres tenham maior controle sobre a renda e bens produtivos.

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“…Nevertheless, of the fact that almost half of global population and about 42% of the total labour force consists on women in under develop economies (FAO,2015), poor women and child health status remains a global issue, particularly in developing countries (UNDP, 2016). Women and children in low and middle income countries are more vulnerable to experience food insecurity (Alarcao, 2020;Sinclair et al, 2019). There is need to improve women and child health status to rise not only their education status but also nutritional status (Galiè et al, 2019).…”

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A Dynamics Appraisal of Association among Food Insecurity, Women and Child Health: Evidence from Developing Countries

Hameed¹,

Wei²,

Chaudhary³

2020

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Food insecurity has adverse consequences on women and child health in a developing country. This study aims to fill the existing research gap by examining the dynamic impacts of food insecurity on women and child health outcomes, this study adds fresh large scale panel data; and unlike the existing studies, this study estimates the short-run dynamics on food insecurity on women as child health of developing countries. We found that there was a positive association between health expenditure, women's fertility rate, women, and child health outcomes. There was a negative and statistically significant impact of food insecurity on women anemia in developing countries of Asia. Overall, the empirical analysis found that there was a strong strength to be a negative correlation between food insecurity and women and child health outcome, particularly in relation to women’s participation as a productive labor force. The study suggests that there is need to multidimensional approaches such as women and child health outcome, is needed to advance this type of research areas and should be followed broad-spectrum policy interventions to improve the women and child health status as part of sustainable development goals.

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Rural women: Most likely to experience food insecurity and poor health in low- and middle-income countries

Cited by 29 publications

References 55 publications

Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar

Food insecurity related to agricultural practices and household characteristics in rural communities of northeast Madagascar

A pandemia de Covid-19 e seus entrelaçamentos com desigualdade de gênero, insegurança alimentar e apoio social na América Latina

A Dynamics Appraisal of Association among Food Insecurity, Women and Child Health: Evidence from Developing Countries

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