Men and women farmers’ perceptions of adopting improved diets for pigs in Uganda: decision‑making, income allocation, and intra‑household strategies that mitigate relative disadvantage
Background: The roles and responsibilities of men and women in east African smallholder pig-raising households and the entitlements each can claim from pig-enterprise income are unknown. The article is a qualitative genderand- household-head-disaggregated exploration of Ugandan smallholder pig farme...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Springer
2017
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82604 |
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