Sustainable Food Systems Symposium 2024

Session

Gender and Nutrition

18 Sept 2024, 11:50

1.501.1 (Paulinerkirche)

84. Agroforestry and household nutrition in southern Madagascar: Does gender matter?

Giulia Malevolti (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

18/09/2024, 11:50

Oral

Introduction

Ensuring food security and nutrition remains a primary concern for many countries in the Global South, while frequent climatic (and non-climatic) shocks are creating a serious challenge for sustaining current levels of food security. Agroforestry has been praised for its potential as an adaptation strategy to climate change, in particular for addressing deforestation,...

146. Cultivating Change: Exploring the Link between Certification, Dietary Quality and Women’s Empowerment among Coffee Farmers in Rwanda

Sophia Bohn (University of Göttingen)

18/09/2024, 12:10

Oral

Sustainability standards such as Fairtrade, Organic, and Rainforest Alliance have gained importance over recent years, partly because of growing consumer concerns for environmental and social consequences of agricultural production. In western countries, the demand for products with sustainability labels are rising, especially for foods imported from developing countries like coffee, tea, and...

34. Linking armed conflicts and children undernutrition in Nigeria: the mitigating effects of maternal bargaining power

Habibou IBRAHIM KASSOUM (University Clermont Auvergne, CERDI, CNRS, IRD, France)

18/09/2024, 12:30

Oral

Armed conflicts and insecurity are threats to economic activities for many developing countries as it disrupts various channels of economic growth. Apart from the immediate killing and destruction of physical infrastructure (ICRC, 2021), armed conflicts can have several indirect repercussions on children’s nutrition and health which substantially increases the overall cost of conflict....