Title: Promising approaches to address the needs of poor female farmers

Authors: Quisumbing, Agnes R. and Pandolfelli, Lauren

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)

Year: cop. 2008

Journal: IFPRI note

Volume: 13

PAGE: --

Subject: Gender Equity in Certified Chains

Keywords: women, gender, agribusiness, development strategies, small farms, food security, income sources, poverty, economic development, africa south of sahara, south asia

Abstract: The authors discuss attempts to increase poor female farmers’ access to, and control of, productive resources, focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. They revise the literature from 1998 to 2008 that describes interventions and policy changes across several key agricultural resources.

URL: http://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/12394/filename/12395.pdf

Document type: E-article