Background With the increasing nutritional and health problems related to the global food crisis, the potential contribution of traditional foods to alleviation of poverty, nutritional deficiencies and health issues has been emphasized. Fonio (Digitaria exilis) is the most ancient West African cereal representing a key crop in food supply during cr...
Across the South Asian region, water determines livelihoods and in some cases even survival. However, water also creates exclusions. Access to water, and its social organization, are intimately tied up with power relations. This book provides an overview of gender, equity and water issues relevant to South Asia. The essays empirically illustrate an...
Voor dit literatuuronderzoek naar en deze analyse van mythologische vrouwen in schilderkunst was de onderzoeksvraag: Waarom wordt gekozen voor het weergeven van mythologische vrouwenfiguren in de Europese schilderkunst van de zeventiende eeuw?, waarbij ik de sub-onderzoeksvragen stelde: Hoe worden de mythologische vrouwenfiguren in deze schilderije...
This study examines the relationship between male labour out-migration and the process of sociocultural transformation in the places of origin. Taking an example from Nepal, it shows that male labour out-migration has increased women’s participation in agriculture, more significantly so in those cases where the left-behind women are de-facto househ...
This work deals with human sexuality in Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, based on the practices performed by the actors in their everyday lives. Here sexuality is not conceived of as a spontaneous or autonomous phenomenon, nor as something that is pre-existing or established, but as the result of complex practices that go beyond the human and the sexua...
The contribution of fisheries to food security in Africa cannot be underestimated. It provides
over 30 percent of the protein consumed by the Nigerian population. However, Nigeria
produces only about 45 percent of the fish requirement locally while the shortfall of about 55
percent is imported. Over 80 percent of the local production is from ...
In dit onderzoek is op basis van literatuurstudie en kwalitatief onderzoek meer inzicht verkregen in verklaringen voor het meer vóórkomen van overgewicht en obesitas bij vrouwen met een Surinaamse en Antilliaanse afkomst. Op basis van deze inzichten wordt een aantal aanbevelingen afgeleid voor overheidscommunicatie over overgewicht en obesitas rich...
The Milking Drylands research initiative addresses the critical issues of food security, market integration, gender roles and governance matters in a peculiar area of the world, the Somali ecosystem. The research aims at exploring interesting dynamics of ongoing social change, in order to stimulate appropriate understanding of complex pastoral econ...
