Gender studies on food security have often focused on the differences between male-headed households (MHHs) and female … Sustainable Development Goals - gender equality and food security. …

Gender studies on food security have often focused on the differences between male-headed households (MHHs) and female … Sustainable Development Goals - gender equality and food security. …

Indicators of gender inequality, poverty and human development in Kenya are examined. Significant and rising incidence … of absolute poverty occurs in Kenya and women are more likely to be in poverty than men. Female/male ratios in Kenyan … the HPI, HDI, GDI and GEM. This paper advocates the use of household level gender disaggregated data because much gender …

security in developing economies and draw out its implications for East Africa and future research. While there is now an …

-Saharan Africa. Hence, the question as to how smallholder systems can be made more nutrition-sensitive is of particular relevance for … hypothesis is confirmed with data from Kenya, using different indicators of production diversity and dietary diversity scores at …

Using survey data from Central Kenya, I find that the difference in prices received by female compared to male … in the price gap drives a gender difference in the value added by traders. If women had the same characteristics as men … traditional role in local vegetable trade. Furthermore, I show that gender values of the traders can explain the price gap among …

. Here, we analyze impacts on farm household nutrition. Building on data from vegetable farmers in Kenya, we show that …