Revisiting Women’s Empowerment as an Agriculture–Nutrition Pathway Using the Framework of Intersectionality

The second goal of Sustainable Development Agenda set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly seeks to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition, and double agricultural productivity by 2030. It has been laid down that sustainable access to nutritious food would require sustainable agricultural production and practices. The pathways through which agriculture affects nutritional outcomes have been well-documented; the linkages operate through improving access to food, affecting agricultural incomes and prices, and ‘feminising’ the agricultural workforce.