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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Autores principales: Sraboni, Esha, Malapit, Hazel J., Quisumbing, Agnes R., Ahmed, Akhter
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153642
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author Sraboni, Esha
Malapit, Hazel J.
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Ahmed, Akhter
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Malapit, Hazel J.
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description 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 assess the extent of women’s empowerment in agriculture and instrumental variables techniques to correct for the potential endogeneity of empowerment. We find that the overall women’s empowerment score, the number of groups in which women actively participate, women’s control of assets, and a narrowing gap in empowerment between men and women within households are positively associated with calorie availability and dietary diversity.
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spelling CGSpace1536422025-11-06T07:22:16Z Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh? Sraboni, Esha Malapit, Hazel J. Quisumbing, Agnes R. Ahmed, Akhter gender women food security agriculture nutrition nutritional status gender equality women's empowerment 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 assess the extent of women’s empowerment in agriculture and instrumental variables techniques to correct for the potential endogeneity of empowerment. We find that the overall women’s empowerment score, the number of groups in which women actively participate, women’s control of assets, and a narrowing gap in empowerment between men and women within households are positively associated with calorie availability and dietary diversity. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:59Z 2024-10-01T13:56:59Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153642 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Sraboni, Esha; Malapit, Hazel J.; Quisumbing, Agnes R. and Ahmed, Akhter U. 2013. Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1297. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153642
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Sraboni, Esha
Malapit, Hazel J.
Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Ahmed, Akhter
Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?
title Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?
title_full Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?
title_fullStr Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?
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title_short Women’s empowerment in agriculture: What role for food security in Bangladesh?
title_sort women s empowerment in agriculture what role for food security in bangladesh
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women
food security
agriculture
nutrition
nutritional status
gender equality
women's empowerment
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