Food Security, Poverty and Women: Lessons from Rural Asia

by Rahman Osmani S.,

This study¹ combines theoretical considerations and empirical evidence collected from three locations where IFAD has been involved in projects targeting the rural poor and specifically women: India, with the Tamil Nadu Women Development Project and the Andhra Pradesh Tribal Development Project; and Nepal, with the Production for Rural Women Project.

1/ This study was funded through supplementary funds provided by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Introduction
Food security - a conceptual framework
Household food security in the project areas
Market orientation and household food security
Project intervention, women and household food security
Household food security and women's work burden: potential trade-offs
Summary and conclusions
Tables
Technical appendix: regression analysis of the determinants of food security
References

Executive summary
Rural poverty in Asia
IFAD operations in Asia

International Fund for Agricultural Development

Enabling poor rural people to overcome poverty

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