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Author and Title	Brouwer, Inge D., "Food and Fuel: a Hidden Dimension in Human Nutrition; a Study on the Relationship between Nutrition Security and Fuelwood Availability in Ntcheu District, Malawi"
Article in	Thesis, Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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End use	Household energy
Energy technology	Improved stoves; forestry for fuel; non-forest biomass production
Issue	Health impacts on women; reducing women's workload; women's needs
Level	Research; case study (Malawi)
Description	The study describes and analyses the relationship between nutrition security and fuelwood availability in rural households in Ntcheu District, Malawi. The general aim of the research described in this thesis is to study the relationship between fuelwood availability on the one hand, and nutrition security in rural populations on the other. Fuelwood provides a major source of energy in rural communities, especially for cooking and food processing. With fuelwood supplies diminishing in many rural areas, the negative impact of a shortage on food and nutrition security will become more and more evident.

This bibliography item provided with financial support of the Department for International Development of the UK Government (DFID) and ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy