Introduction : rural gender studies in North and South / Bettina B. Bock
Gender and farming : an overview / Sally Shortall
Gender relations and livelihood strategies / Monica Gorman
Commodity production and farm women's work / Susan Machum
Farm women in Slovenia / Majda Černič Istenič
The informalization of farm employment / Andrienetta Kritzinger
Women and sustainable agriculture / Sarah Tufts Rickson, Roy E. Rickson and David Burch
Gender at the border / Janet D. Momsen
Gender and rural migration : an overview / Bettina B. Bock
The gendered impact of drought / Margaret Alston
Rural idylls or boring places? / Marit S. Haugen and Mariann Villa
Rural immigrations and female employment / Apostolos G. Papadopoulos
Gender and rural politics : an overview / Sally Shortall
Gender and rural development budgets / Bettina B. Bock and P. Derkzen
Collective action among rural women in India / Jo-Anne Everingham
CAP regulations and farm household relations / Constantina Safilios-Rothschildt
Rurality and gender identity : an overview / Bettina B. Bock
Rural women and the environment / Carolyn Sachs
Economic status and gender roles / Sally Shortall
Rural health and well-being / Ruth Panelli
Embodying family farm work / Berit Brandth
Queer countryside revisited / David Bell
Conclusions - future directions / Sally Shortall.