Over 500 million of them are anaemic, millions are stunted, and their growth and development are compromised (Spicer 2015, Darnton-Hill etal. The "homogenization" of agricultural production systems, mainly through intensification coupled with specialization by plant and livestock breeders and the harmonizing effects of globalization (CBD n.d.), Above all, this affects the poor, especially women and girls who too often have little else to eat (Koningstein 2013, Pingali 2012). Households headed by women, by youth (female or male), and by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are particularly affected by food insecurity (UN 2014, Boris etal.