@article{704756,
      recid = {704756},
      author = {Quisumbing, Ma. Agnes R.},
      title = {Gender in agriculture : closing the knowledge gap /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvi, 444 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United  Nations (FAO) produced a 2011 report on women in  agriculture with a clear and urgent message: agriculture  underperforms because half of all farmers women lack equal  access to the resources and opportunities they need to be  more productive. This book builds on the reports  conclusions by providing, for a non-specialist audience, a  compendium of what we know now about gender gaps in  agriculture. The authors explore linkages among gender,  assets, and agricultural development projects. They examine  the current state of land tenure; womens access to markets,  financial services, and rural employment; and gender  differences in social capital and in vulnerability to poor  nutrition and health. The book also looks at trends in  agricultural research, development, and extension systems  and in womens participation in research. The opening  section summarizes the main messages of the 2011 FAO report  and reviews how gender has been conceptualized in  agriculture and how these concepts have changed in the past  three decades. Topics covered include how demographic  conditions such as household structure, age, and migration  have affected gender relations. Part 2 of the book focuses  on data and methods for understanding gender issues in  agriculture. The authors look at changing institutional  approaches to addressing gender and assess past and present  methods for effectively collecting and analyzing data on  gender roles and relations in agriculture. Part 3 gathers  background studies that document gender gaps in assets and  key agricultural inputs. Part 4 looks beyond the farm to  observe and analyze gender roles in markets and value  chains. Part 5 proposes ways that agricultural research,  development, and extension systems can be made more  responsive to the needs of both male and female farmers.  The research findings collected here provide, in  non-technical language, an overview of a pressing problem  in agricultural development the disadvantages and  inequities that burden women farmers?as well as ways to  understand and address this problem. Published with the  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/704756},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8616-4},
}