Gender in agriculture : closing the knowledge gap / edited by Agnes R. Quisumbing...[and more], editors.
Quisumbing, Ma. Agnes R. (Maria Agnes R.), editor.
2014
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Title
Gender in agriculture : closing the knowledge gap / edited by Agnes R. Quisumbing...[and more], editors.
ISBN
9789401786164 electronic book
940178616X electronic book
9789401786157
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8616-4
Published
Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 444 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1007/978-94-017-8616-4 doi
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HD6077
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.4/83
Summary
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.
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Quisumbing, Ma. Agnes R. (Maria Agnes R.), editor.
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PART I: Closing the Knowledge Gap on Gender in Agriculture
1. Closing the Knowledge Gap on Gender in Agriculture
PART II: Data and Methods for Gender Analysis in Agriculture
2. Understanding Gender and Culture in Agriculture: The Role of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
3. Data Needs for Gender Analysis in Agriculture
4. If Women Hold Up Half the Sky, How Much of the World's Food Do They Produce?- PART III: Gender, Assets, and Inputs: Issues at the Farm and Household Levels
5. The Gender Asset Gap and Its Implications for Agricultural and Rural Development
6. Gender Equity and Land: Toward Secure and Effective Access for Rural Women
7. A Review of Empirical Evidence on Gender Differences in Nonland Agricultural Inputs, Technology, and Services in Developing Countries
8. Rural Women's Access to Financial Services: Credit, Savings, and Insurance
9. Livestock and Women's Livelihoods: A Review of the Recent Evidence
10. Gender and Social Capital for Agricultural Development
11. Gender Implications of Poor Nutrition and Health in Agricultural Households
PART IV: Gender and Markets: Moving beyond the Farm
12. Promoting Gender-Equitable Agricultural Value Chains: Issues, Opportunities, and Next Steps
13. Mainstreaming Gender Sensitivity in Cash Crop Market Supply Chains
14. Gender Inequalities in Rural Labor Markets
PART V: Toward a Gender-Sensitive Agricultural Research, Development, and Extension System
15. A System That Delivers: Integrating Gender into Agricultural Research, Development, and Extension
16. Enhancing Female Participation in Agricultural Research and Development: Rationale and Evidence
17. Improving Gender Responsiveness of Agricultural Extension.

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