Abstract
Empowering women through probiotic fermented food in East Africa.
Highlights
Humans have long utilized bacteria and yeast to produce fermented foods, and as a result benefited in many ways health-wise [2]
Illness and death from children consuming corn and peanuts contaminated by aflatoxins is a stark example of a negative outcome of poor food practices [4]
Many decades of research and trials in the field of nutrition sciences yielded numerous feeding ideas for interventions, but few of them led to societal change
Summary
The role of women in society has evolved in the developed world, but in many developing countries it still revolves around food production and preparation and caring for children in a gender inequitable environment. Confounding factors include lack of education, societal traditions that favour males, malnutrition and insufficient local food production, unemployment especially amongst youth, poor transportation, high rates of infant mortality, and poor access to clean water, electricity, housing and heat. Women in such impoverished settings find it difficult to become empowered and able to establish an independent means of generating revenue. No single intervention can solve all these issues, but we would propose that utilization of beneficial microorganisms (probiotics) can make a significant impact
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