Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?

Using nationally representative survey data from Bangladesh, we examine the relationship between women’s empowerment in agriculture and two measures of household food security: per adult equivalent calorie availability and dietary diversity. We use the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index to ass...

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Main Authors:	Sraboni, Esha, Malapit, Hazel J., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter
Format:	Artículo preliminar
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
Subjects:	gender women food security agriculture nutrition nutritional status gender equality women's empowerment
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153642

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