POLS 196 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Staple Food, Micronutrient, Comparative Advantage

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 196
• Professor: Bradley Bauerly

Document Summary

Men in pakistan average 5. 35 hours paid work per day, . 5 unpaid: for women the average is 1. 3 hours paid work per day and 5 unpaid. Pakistan has the fourth biggest urban rural inequality score among asian and pacific countries. 75% of poor household income in pakistan goes to food. Pakistan is the fourth most unequal society in the asia pacific region in terms of gender relations. Triple burden of malnutrition describes malnutrition, micronutrient deficiency and food related noncommunicable diseases (also called western diseases: higher rates of poverty are correlated to higher rates of burden. African and central asian countries are mostly net food importers and have much higher percentages of their populations that work in agriculture as a result. 88. 7% of all farms globally are small scale, making up 99% of the people who work in agriculture. Yield of overall crops globally was one point three times higher for organic crops compared to conventional ones.