The role of home gardens in empowering minority women and improving food and nutrition insecurity: a case of Mbororo community in Cameroon's Northwest region. Issue 7 (9th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ebile, Pride Anya; Phelan, Lisette; Wünsche, Jens Norbert
• Is Part Of: Agroecology and sustainable food systems. Volume 46:Issue 7(2022)
• Page Start: 1002
• Page End: 1024
• Publication Date: 2022-08-09
• Subjects: Nutrient-rich vegetables -- indigenous vegetables -- gender-sensitive -- nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions -- food-based approach -- home garden -- food security; Sustainable agriculture -- Periodicals; Agricultural ecology -- Periodicals; 577.55
• DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2022.2080313
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2168-3565

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study documents the impact of a gender-sensitive home garden project initiated to mitigate the food and nutritional insecurity of 114 households in seven Mbororo communities in Cameroon's Northwest region. Key lessons learned regarding the empowerment of the Mbororo women; socio-economic and nutritional health benefits derived by Mbororo households from the cultivation of nutrient-rich, high market-value, and indigenous vegetables; and challenges faced during the project lifecycle are outlined. It is envisaged these lessons will support public, private, and civil society actors initiating similar home garden projects to address the food and nutrition insecurity of other minority groups in Sub-Saharan Africa.