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024			_ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.07.008
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100	1		_914541 _aTibesigwa, B.
245	1	0	_aAssessing gender inequality in food security among small-holder farm households in urban and rural South Africa
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bElsevier, _c2016.
500			_aPeer review
520			_aWith the ongoing changes in climate, household food insecurity is likely to be more widespread in most small-holder and subsistence farm households in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the existence and extent of gendered household food security—or lack thereof—remains unclear. This study extends existing knowledge by assessing gender inequality in household food (in) security among small-holder farm households in urban and rural areas of South Africa. In doing-so, we use the gender of the head of household and treatment effects framework. Our results show that male-headed households are more food secure compared to female-headed households, with the latter depending more on agriculture to increase household food levels. We further find that the household food security gap between male- and female-headed households is wider in rural than in urban areas, where rural male- and female-headed households are more likely to report chronic food insecurity, i.e., are more likely than their urban counterparts to experience hunger. Interestingly, the effects of climatic characteristics on household food security are more apparent in rural than in urban areas. Our findings suggest that household food security initiatives are likely to be more effective, in closing the gender gap in household food security, if aligned with policies on urban and rural agriculture and development.
546			_aText in English
650		7	_aFood security _gAGROVOC _2 _91118
650		7	_2AGROVOC _92743 _aHouseholds
650		7	_2AGROVOC _91123 _aGender
650		7	_2AGROVOC _914457 _aUrban areas
650		7	_2AGROVOC _93441 _aRural areas
651		7	_2AGROVOC _95594 _aSouth Africa
700	1		_914542 _aVisser, M.
773	0		_tWorld Development _gv. 88, p. 33-49 _dUnited Kingdom : Elsevier, 2016. _x0305-750X _w444788
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