Overview
- Summarizes women’s contributions to agriculture and food security and the obstacles to their broader participation
- Draws on data at the micro, census and national levels
- Challenges conventional story lines on women in agriculture
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Table of contents(17 chapters)
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Closing the Knowledge Gap on Gender in Agriculture
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Data and Methods for Gender Analysis in Agriculture
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Gender, Assets, and Inputs: Issues at the Farm and Household Levels
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Gender and Markets: Moving Beyond the Farm
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Reviews
“This book is an inspiring and hugely useful resource for both newcomers to the field and those already working in the area. Clearly and accessibly-written, this book will appeal to practitioner and academic audiences alike.” (Dennis Aviles, Gender & Development, Vol. 23 (1), 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
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Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Inst., Washington, USA
Agnes R. Quisumbing
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Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, USA
Ruth Meinzen-Dick
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The State of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Development Economics Division, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Terri L. Raney
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Agricultural Development Economics Division, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
André Croppenstedt
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Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, USA
Julia A. Behrman
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Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA
Amber Peterman
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender in Agriculture
Book Subtitle: Closing the Knowledge Gap
Editors: Agnes R. Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Terri L. Raney, André Croppenstedt, Julia A. Behrman, Amber Peterman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8616-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8615-7Published: 14 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1737-1Published: 19 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8616-4Published: 29 April 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 444
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Published with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Topics: Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture, Social Sciences, general, Gender Studies