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Homestead food production [1]

Improving nutritional status, including micronutrient status, can lead to increased productivity, increased child survival and growth and reduced maternal morbidity and mortality. Home gardening activities are centered on women and it can also increase the income of women, which may result in the better use of household resources and improved caring practices and empowerment. Thus, the simultaneous impact of home gardening programmes in terms of giving women a voice and promoting their full
participation in domestic life can make an important contribution to the overall development of communities.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2014
Aminuzzaman Talukder [2]
Leisa India [3]
16
4
26-28
Tags:
Home Gardens [4], Food Security [5], Nutrition [6], South Asia [7], Women [8], Malnutrition [9], Nutritional Diseases [10], Bangladesh [11], Nepal [12], Poultry [13], Cambodia [14]
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