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

被引:18
作者
Lufuke, Mosses [1 ,2 ]
Bai, Yunli [3 ,4 ]
Fan, Shenggen [5 ]
Tian, Xu [1 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Econ & Management, Nanjing 210095, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Dodoma, Dept Econ, POB 259, Dodoma, Tanzania
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[4] United Nations Environm Programme Int Ecosyst Mana, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
[5] China Agr Univ, Acad Global Food Econ & Policy, Coll Econ & Management, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
关键词
women's empowerment; food security; nutrition transition; Africa; CHILD NUTRITION; AGRICULTURE; DIVERSITY; LIVESTOCK;
D O I
10.3390/ijerph20010254
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
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.
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