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Gender roles and food safety in 20 informal livestock and fish value chains

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Title Gender roles and food safety in 20 informal livestock and fish value chains
 
Creator Grace, Delia
Roesel, Kristina
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.
Bonfoh, Bassirou
Theis, Sophie
 
Subject food safety
gender
 
Description Food-borne disease remains a major public health challenge in Africa and Asia. Most of the foods that carry the highest pathogen risk are produced by smallholder farmers, marketed through the informal sector, and sold in wet markets. Given the significant role of informal markets in African and Asian food systems, attention is invested in understanding (1) how the people that participate in informal markets are exposed to risk, and (2) how they manage risk. We conduct a participatory risk analysis with a gender lens in 20 livestock and fish value chains to study whether gender-based differences influence risk of food-borne disease. We find that socially constructed gender roles are more important determinants of health risk than biological differences between men and women. Variations in risk exposure between men and women are mainly due to gender-based differences in occupational exposure, and secondarily to differences in consumption patterns. Women are important but under-recognized risk managers in the realms of food production, processing, selling, preparation, and consumption. Understanding the influence of gender on risk exposure and management is essential for improving food safety in informal markets.
 
Date 2015-12-15
2016-04-08T03:20:17Z
2016-04-08T03:20:17Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Grace, D., Roesel, K., Kang’ethe, E., Bonfoh, B. and Theis, S. 2015. Gender roles and food safety in 20 informal livestock and fish value chains. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1489. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72831
http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/129860
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2741313
 
Language en
 
Relation IFPRI Discussion Paper
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher International Food Policy Research Institute