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Title:Providing Africa's Women Farmers Access: One Solution to the Food Crisis
Authors:Gladwin, Christina H.ISNI
Staudt, Kathleen A.ISNI
McMillan, Della E.ISNI
Year:1986
Periodical:Journal of African Studies (UCLA)
Volume:13
Issue:4
Period:Winter
Pages:131-141
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:women farmers
agricultural projects
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Women's Issues
Development and Technology
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Cultural Roles
agriculture
economics
Family Life
Sex Roles
Abstract:In the context of an imminent food crisis in Africa the authors examine the role of women in household economies and rural development. After a summary of recent research documenting women's management of semiautonomous production and consumption units, they describe the limited access women have to fundamental agricultural inputs, government extension services, credit, markets and political power. They then give examples of agricultural development projects that have failed because women's productive role was ignored, and projects that have succeeded because project planners worked with women as agricultural producers. Finally, they examine international donor assistance patterns to determine whether inappropriate projects will change. Bibliogr., notes.
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