A View of Sub-Saharan Africa from the Perspective of Food Security and Gender

Eriola Marius Charlot Adenidji and Orhan Ozcatalbas

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Abstract: Nowadays, in most households, food and nutrition affairs are delegated to women. However, in the sub-Saharan regions, like the most undeveloped countries, food security is still in danger. Such a situation is not observed in developed countries. Why so? Is women's positive contribution to food security only reserved for developed countries? How can women in less developed countries intervene in food security? This paper analyses food security from a gender perspective and focuses on women's participation and empowerment as means to eradicate food insecurity.

Keywords: sub-Saharan Africa; SSA; food security; food safety; equality; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.106392

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