Women's Role and Agricultural Technology
Women have played a significant role in traditional agricultural production technology in African societies. Because women's contribution was so central in both the agricultural division of labor and its reproduction, traditional structures of resource allocation have provided them access to the bas...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1987
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161036 |
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| author | Kumar, Shubh K. |
| author_browse | Kumar, Shubh K. |
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| description | Women have played a significant role in traditional agricultural production technology in African societies. Because women's contribution was so central in both the agricultural division of labor and its reproduction, traditional structures of resource allocation have provided them access to the basic factors of production in agriculture. Despite the fact that they remained socially subordinate to men, they participated in resource control, decisionmaking, and production. However in programs for improvement of agricultural technologies, women are seldom recipients of the benefits, although they no doubt are capable of using them. In the cases cited in the literature where women either could not obtain the new technology or were adversely affected by it, underlying social, cultural, and economic conditions were primarily responsible. This was usually compounded by insensitivity in program design and implementation. |
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| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 1987 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1610362025-04-08T18:34:10Z Women's Role and Agricultural Technology Kumar, Shubh K. food production agricultural policies gender Women have played a significant role in traditional agricultural production technology in African societies. Because women's contribution was so central in both the agricultural division of labor and its reproduction, traditional structures of resource allocation have provided them access to the basic factors of production in agriculture. Despite the fact that they remained socially subordinate to men, they participated in resource control, decisionmaking, and production. However in programs for improvement of agricultural technologies, women are seldom recipients of the benefits, although they no doubt are capable of using them. In the cases cited in the literature where women either could not obtain the new technology or were adversely affected by it, underlying social, cultural, and economic conditions were primarily responsible. This was usually compounded by insensitivity in program design and implementation. 1987 2024-11-21T09:53:07Z 2024-11-21T09:53:07Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161036 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kumar, Shubh K. 1987. Women's Role and Agricultural Technology. In Accelerating food production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chapter 10. Pp. 135-147. In Accelerating food production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mellor, John W.; Delgado, Christopher L.; Blackie, Malcom J. (Eds.). Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) [by] Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161036 |
| spellingShingle | food production agricultural policies gender Kumar, Shubh K. Women's Role and Agricultural Technology |
| title | Women's Role and Agricultural Technology |
| title_full | Women's Role and Agricultural Technology |
| title_fullStr | Women's Role and Agricultural Technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women's Role and Agricultural Technology |
| title_short | Women's Role and Agricultural Technology |
| title_sort | women s role and agricultural technology |
| topic | food production agricultural policies gender |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161036 |
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