Women’s empowerment, food security, and nutrition transition in Africa
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Date
2022
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MDPI
Abstract
Despite mounting recognition of the essential role of women’s empowerment in household dietary and nutrition changes, the diversity of culture across African countries presents ambiguity as to whether its impact is experienced homogeneously across the continent. This article presents a systematic review of whether women’s empowerment changes household dietary patterns, contributes to nutrition improvement, and consequently affects diet-related health outcomes in Africa. We find that whilst more research needs to be conducted, particularly with improved methodologies that can establish cause–effect relationships, there is consensus among the literature on the link between women’s empowerment and some domains of food security and dietary improvement. Meanwhile, studies on women’s empowerment and the additional demand pressure on some food categories are quite limited. This exacerbates the challenge of setting production plans that aim to address the continent’s question of food.
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Full text article: Also available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010254
Keywords
Women’s empowerment, Food security, Nutrition, Nutrition transition, Africa, Food
Citation
Lufuke, M., Bai, Y., Fan, S., & Tian, X. (2022). Women’s empowerment, food security, and nutrition transition in Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), 254.