Title: Mainstreaming gender sensitivity in cash crop market supply chains

Authors: Hill, Ruth Vargas and Vigneri, Marcella

Place: Rome

Publisher: Food and agriculture organization of the United nations (FAO). Agricultural development economics division

Year: 2011

Journal: ESA working paper

Volume: no. 11-08

PAGE: --

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agricultural product marketing, gender, women

Abstract: The paper assesses the nature of female involvement in cash crop production, which holds significant potential as a means by which rural households can improve their welfare. Through original data analysis, it stresses that women are equally productive as men when they farm with the same resources.

URL: http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/am313e/am313e00.pdf

Document type: Portal