Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review

The study of gender issues in agricultural production has become an important subject of inquiry, even since questions were raised on whether women and men benefited equally from economic development. The focus of the debate and empirical research has primarily been on the role of women in crop prod...

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Autores principales: Tangka, F.K.L., Jabbar, M.A., Shapiro, Barry I.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Research Institute 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2220
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description The study of gender issues in agricultural production has become an important subject of inquiry, even since questions were raised on whether women and men benefited equally from economic development. The focus of the debate and empirical research has primarily been on the role of women in crop production to the virtual exclusion of the role of gender (women, men and children) in livestock farming. This review is based on the limited amount of available literature which shows that specific participation of women, men and children in animal husbandry is significant and varies from region to region according to the traditional gender division of labour, other variables, the farming systems and the demographic and environmental factors. The objectives of this review are to examine the gender division of labour, access to resources and benefits from smallholder ruminant livestock production systems; to evaluate the effects of ruminant livestock production on the nutritional status of children and to present two case studies that critically examine how gender analysis was included in smallholder ruminant livestock research projects.
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spelling CGSpace22202025-11-04T20:23:57Z Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review Tangka, F.K.L. Jabbar, M.A. Shapiro, Barry I. human nutrition livestock gender The study of gender issues in agricultural production has become an important subject of inquiry, even since questions were raised on whether women and men benefited equally from economic development. The focus of the debate and empirical research has primarily been on the role of women in crop production to the virtual exclusion of the role of gender (women, men and children) in livestock farming. This review is based on the limited amount of available literature which shows that specific participation of women, men and children in animal husbandry is significant and varies from region to region according to the traditional gender division of labour, other variables, the farming systems and the demographic and environmental factors. The objectives of this review are to examine the gender division of labour, access to resources and benefits from smallholder ruminant livestock production systems; to evaluate the effects of ruminant livestock production on the nutritional status of children and to present two case studies that critically examine how gender analysis was included in smallholder ruminant livestock research projects. 2000 2010-08-09T18:47:17Z 2010-08-09T18:47:17Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2220 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute Tangka, F.; Jabbar, M.; Shapiro, B.I. 2000. Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review. ILRI Socio-Economics and Policy Research Working Paper. no. 27. 64p. Nairobi (Kenya): ILRI.
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livestock
gender
Tangka, F.K.L.
Jabbar, M.A.
Shapiro, Barry I.
Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review
title Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review
title_full Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review
title_fullStr Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review
title_full_unstemmed Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review
title_short Gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries: a critical review
title_sort gender roles and child nutrition in livestock production systems in developing countries a critical review
topic human nutrition
livestock
gender
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2220
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