Title: Agricultural value chain development : threat of opportunity for women's employment?

Authors: Bolzani, Daniela and De Villard, Soline and Dey de Pryck, Jennie and Wobst, Peter

Place: [Rome etc.

Publisher: ILO etc.]

Year: 2010

Journal: Gender and rural employment policy brief

Volume: 4

PAGE: --

Subject: Value Chains for Development

Keywords: agribusiness, gender, women, developing countries

Abstract: Value chains in developing regions, often controlled by multinational or national firms and supermarkets, can provide opportunities for quality employment for men and women, yet they can also be channels to transfer costs and risks to the weakest nodes, particularly women.

URL: http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/igo/2010/462382.pdf

Document type: Portal