An examination of ecohealth-related challenges to and opportunities for South Sudanese rural women’s agricultural productivity
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2012
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University of KwaZulu-Natal, ZA
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Underlying social problems as well as rampant poverty worsen the effects of ecohealth-related constraints on agricultural productivity, especially of women heads of households. Women in South Sudan have very low literacy rates; the percentage of girls attending primary school ranges from 3.4% (Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State) to 42.9% (Western Equatoria State) with women shouldering the burden of large households. The National Baseline Survey (2010) reports average household size of 6.78 people. Data analysis shows that malaria, diarrhea and typhoid fever are leading causes of morbidity, especially among women and children. Access to clean water is urgently needed.
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SOUTH SUDAN, RURAL WOMEN, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, POVERTY, WATER AND SANITATION, SOUTH OF SAHARA, WOMEN'S HEALTH, AGROECONOMY, ECOSYSTEMS APPROACH, ECOHEALTH