“Stirring the pot: gender, agroecology and participatory research on food security and nutrition in Malawi”
Drawing on fifteen years of participatory research, Dr. Bezner Kerr chronicles some of the struggles and achievements of smallholder farming families in Malawi. Farmers have used community led educational strategies, such as recipe days, discussion groups and participatory theatre, to promote local knowledge of different recipes, food processing techniques, healthy child care practices and address gender and other social inequalities which are barriers to improved food security and nutrition. This approach has led to improved land management, food security and nutrition, and changed gender dynamics within households. It speaks to the resilience, strength and innovation of smallholder African farming families.
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