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Agricultural Policy And Strategies For Poverty Alleviation And Food Security - Nepal
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This study intends to identify the issues surrounding gender and nutritional aspects of poverty and food security by examining their underlying causes, including policy and institutional constraints,reviewing the research literature and available statistics at the national level and conducting participatory assessments of selected districts in the mountain, hill and Terai regions. Specifically, the objectives of the study are to review and analyze national policies and programmes related to gender and nutrition in the context of poverty and food security;to assess the extent to which policies and programmes have been implemented and their impact on the nutritional and gender dimensions of rural poverty and food security;to review and conduct participatory assessments of the nutritional and gender dimensions of poverty and food security issues at the district, household and intrahousehold levels; and to recommend necessary policies and programmes to integrate nutrition and gender concerns into government's objectives of poverty alleviation and food security.
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Publisher:
FAO
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(2001
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Type / Script:
Progress Report
in English
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Keywords:
AGRICULTURAL POILCY, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, FOOD SECURITY, WOMEN'S STATUS, FOOD CONSUMPTION, MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE, MARKET FACILITIES, EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNITIES, WOMEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILD NUTRITION, FOOD SUPPLY, AGRICULTURAL WORK, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS, AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION, AGRICULTURAL PLANNING, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
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Thematic Group:
FAO
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Food and Agriculture Organization
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Thesaurus:
04.01.01
- Agricultural Economics And Policy; Rural Sociology
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