Women's Empowerment, Food Security, and Nutrition Transition in Africa

Tian, X (通讯作者),Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Econ & Management, Nanjing 210095, Peoples R China.;Tian, X (通讯作者),China Agr Univ, Acad Global Food Econ & Policy, Coll Econ & Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China.
2023-1
Despite mounting recognition of the essential role of women's empowerment in household dietary and nutrition changes, the diversity of culture across African countries presents ambiguity as to whether its impact is experienced homogeneously across the continent. This article presents a systematic review of whether women's empowerment changes household dietary patterns, contributes to nutrition improvement, and consequently affects diet-related health outcomes in Africa. We find that whilst more research needs to be conducted, particularly with improved methodologies that can establish cause-effect relationships, there is consensus among the literature on the link between women's empowerment and some domains of food security and dietary improvement. Meanwhile, studies on women's empowerment and the additional demand pressure on some food categories are quite limited. This exacerbates the challenge of setting production plans that aim to address the continent's question of food.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:20|期号:1
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Nanjing Agricultural University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research, CAS; China Agricultural University
资助信息
This research was funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China, grant number 72061147002, and the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund.
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
2
2013以来使用计数
2
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.3390/ijerph20010254
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
women's empowerment food security nutrition transition Africa
资助机构
National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)) Chinese Universities Scientific Fund
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health