Gender vulnerability to climate variability and household food insecurity

Climate and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 298-309

  Kakota, Tasokwa ^a   Nyariki, Dickson ^b   Mkwambisi, David ^a   Kogi Makau, Wambui ^b  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Africa; Climate variability; Food insecurity; Gender; Malawi; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER ISSUE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PUBLIC ACCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84866872336     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2011.627419     Document Type: Article

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