Does women’s work in agriculture help or hinder nutrition in Pakistan?
This question has assumed great significance due to the steady feminisation, over the last decade, of the agricultural labour force, and the absence of nutritional improvement in the same period.
Agriculture can’t fulfil its commitment to nutrition without much more broadly based innovation
One might be forgiven for thinking that agriculture – the ultimate source of our food – is at the centre of nutrition.
Certainly, that’s how many who make their living in agriculture, understand it. That adequate, quality food underpins health which makes it possible to produce or purchase adequate, quality food is as clear as the day is long.
