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TitleGender in agriculture : sourcebook
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsRome, ITInternatio
Secondary TitleAgriculture and rural development
Paginationxxiv, 764 p.; tab.; fig.; boxes
Date Published2009-01-01
PublisherWorld Bank
Place PublishedWashington, DC, USA
Keywordsagriculture, gender, rural communities
Abstract

Women play a vital role as agricultural producers and as agents of food and nutritional security. Yet relative to men, they have less access to productive assets such as land and services such as finance and extension. A variety of constraints impinge upon their ability to participate in collective action as members of agricultural cooperative or water user associations. In both centralized and decentralized governance systems, women tend to lack political voice. Gender inequalities result in less food being grown, less income being earned, and higher levels of poverty and food insecurity. Agriculture in low-income developing countries is a sector with exceptionally high impact in terms of its potential to reduce poverty. Yet for agricultural growth to fulfill this potential, gender disparities must be addressed and effectively reduced. [authors abstract]

NotesWith references per chapter
Custom 1101, 121

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