This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food … policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly … overview of the food policy developments that have contributed to or hindered progress in food and nutrition security. It …

impairment to brains and immune systems being particular problems. Malnourished women of childbearing age do not have enough iron …

-tional Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in 2009 in eight woredas in seven regions of Ethiopia with a sample of 1 …,117 households and 73 agricultural cooperatives. Using descriptive statistics and econometric analysis under a critical gender lens … in agricultural cooperatives. The findings suggest that a major barrier to women’s access are gender biases within …

daughters will earn over their lifetimes. To help right gender imbalances, the authors consider policies to encourage adoption … competition in off-farm labor markets, and to eliminate discrimination against women. The authors conclude that there is no … conflict between policies to enhance the efficiency of investments in land and human capital and policies to promote gender …

This paper reviews existing microeconomic empirical literature on gender differences in use, access, and adoption of …, life-cycle effects, and political participation. Across input areas, generally men have higher input measures than women … of gender indicator implemented in the analysis. We find few studies that meet our inclusion criteria outside Sub …

assumption may be problematic in developing-country agriculture, where women play a fundamental role in farming. Using gender …Although there is ample evidence of differences in how and where men and women acquire information, most research on …-disaggregated social network data from Uttar Pradesh, India, we analyze agricultural information networks among men and women. We test for …