Essays about: "undernourishment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word undernourishment.

  1. 1. Food Insecurity, Peace and Women : A quantitative study on how female signatories in peace processes affect the likelihood of food (in)security

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Michelle Sara Gano; [2021]
    Keywords : ​peace processes; inclusion; female signatories; gender equality; peace; conflict; peace durability; political stability; food in security; post-conflict societies;

    Abstract : The correlation between food insecurity and conflict has previously been studied and established in multiple studies. Furthermore, additional research has found linkages allying increased levels of female political participation and the de-escalation of conflict. READ MORE

  3. 2. Have Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers actually reduced poverty in poor countries?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Markus Bohlers; [2019-11-07]
    Keywords : Poverty; PRSPs; poor countries; IFIs; development paradigm; Washington Consensus;

    Abstract : Throughout the past 15-20 years, poor countries have been implementing so-called Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) under the guidance of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Despite their enormous importance for national development efforts around the globe, the aggregate performance of PRSPs remains understudied. READ MORE

  4. 3. The importance of livestock for food security and nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Kajsa Bruhn; [2019]
    Keywords : undernourishment; stunting; livestock ownership; animal source foods; diarrhea;

    Abstract : In Sub- Saharan Africa 222 million people suffer from undernourishment, making it the region with the highest prevalence of undernourishment in the world. The prevalence of household livestock ownership is high in the region, making livestock’s influence on undernourishment and food security an interesting aspect to further examine. READ MORE

  5. 4. Knocking on the door : a study on nutritional education and women’s empowerment on household level in rural Tanzania

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Therese Strimell Flodqvist; [2018]
    Keywords : gender; women´s empowerment; decision making; intra-household bargaining; nutritional education; scale–N;

    Abstract : In Sub-Saharan Africa, food is often prepared by women, by mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters or sisters-in-law. Despite their crucial role in household food security women in developing countries are generally disempowered and they have low decision-making power. READ MORE

  6. 5. Preliminary design of an off-grid photovoltaic system for smallholder water pumping in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik

    Author : Asier Jauregui Prada; [2018]
    Keywords : Photovoltaic; smalholder; water pump; PVWP; irrigation; cooperation;

    Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa is the region in the world that suffers the most from poverty and its worst effects: hunger, lack of water and diseases. And the problem is not even decreasing: in the past years there has been a peak in undernourishment in the continent. READ MORE