Challenges and possibilities for achieving household food security in the Western Sudan region: The role of female farmers

Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-231

  Ibnouf, Fatma Osman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Food security; Gender; Migration; Sudan; Women

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FEMALE; FERTILIZER; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PESTICIDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SUDAN;

EID: 79958074202     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-011-0118-3     Document Type: Article

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