<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa"^^ . "Background\r\nWhat are the key factors that contribute to household-level food security? What lessons can we learn from food secure households? What agricultural options and management strategies are likely to benefit female-headed households in particular? This paper addresses these questions using a unique dataset of 600 households that allows us to explore a wide range of indicators capturing different aspects of performance and well-being for different types of households—female-headed, male-headed, food secure, food insecure—and assess livelihoods options and strategies and how they influence food security. The analysis is based on a detailed farm household survey carried out in three sites in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.\r\n\r\nResults\r\nOur results suggest that food insecurity may not be more severe for female-headed households than male-headed households. We found that food secure farming households have a wider variety of crops on their farms and are more market oriented than are the food insecure. More domestic assets do not make female-headed households more food secure. For the other categories of assets (livestock, transport, and productive), we did not find evidence of a correlation with food security. Different livelihood portfolios are being pursued by male versus female-headed households, with female-headed households less likely to grow high-value crops and more likely to have a less diversified crop portfolio.\r\n\r\nConclusions\r\nThese findings help identify local, national and regional policies and actions for enhancing food security of female-headed as well as male-headed households. These include interventions that improve households’ access to information, e.g., though innovative communication and knowledge-sharing efforts and support aimed at enhancing women’s and men’s agricultural market opportunities."^^ . "2015-12-04" . . "4" . "23" . . "BioMed Central Ltd"^^ . . . "Agriculture & Food Security"^^ . . . "20487010" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "N"^^ . "Nicolas"^^ . "N Nicolas"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Ianetta"^^ . "M Ianetta"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Silvestri"^^ . "S Silvestri"^^ . . "F"^^ . "Wiebke"^^ . "F Wiebke"^^ . . "C"^^ . "Lieven"^^ . "C Lieven"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Patti"^^ . "K Patti"^^ . . "D"^^ . "Sabine"^^ . "D Sabine"^^ . . "N"^^ . "Anthony"^^ . "N Anthony"^^ . . "R"^^ . "Maren"^^ . "R Maren"^^ . . "R M"^^ . "Cristina"^^ . "R M Cristina"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Joash"^^ . "M Joash"^^ . . "Q F"^^ . "Carlos"^^ . "Q F Carlos"^^ . . "H"^^ . "Mario"^^ . "H Mario"^^ . . . . . . "Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "art%3A10.1186%2Fs40066-015-0042-4.pdf"^^ . . . "Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #9310 \n\nHouseholds and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Food and Nutrition"@en . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . .