Browsing Theses by Subject "Food security"
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Approaches to understanding and measuring women’s empowerment and its relationship with women’s and children’s dietary diversity in sub-Saharan Africa.
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-02)Background Women’s empowerment has been identified as a key component of development policies since in many cases, there are existing and widening gender gaps in wellbeing including in access to improved nutrition ... -
Constructing China’s National Food Security: Power, Grain Seed Markets, and the Global Political Economy
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-19)What is China’s place in the global food system? This thesis provides an analytical lens to explain the factors behind the structure of China’s national seed industry and recent global agribusiness expansion. Scholars of ... -
Growing What We Eat, Eating What We Grow: Investigating the Enduring Role of Jamaica’s Domestic Food System
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-29)From Spanish colonization in the 15th century until today, Jamaica’s agri-food system has been firmly linked to a global network of trade through its agricultural exports and food imports. Common assumptions in critical ... -
It's not Just Food, Sustainable Food Security for Immigrants: Barriers and Opportunities
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-05)Despite enough food production to feed everyone on the planet, there are 850 million people around the world who are food insecure. This includes people in developing and industrialized countries. Food insecurity may not ... -
Strengthening Resilience and Food Security Through the Development of Agroforestry in Post-War Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-26)Kilinochchi is the largest agrarian region found in Sri Lanka. It is an area that has been greatly affected by three decades of civil war, which led to the mass disruption of lives and livelihoods within this region. It ...