Resultados de búsqueda - "dowry"

Muslim family law, prenuptial agreements and the emergence of dowry in Bangladesh por Ambrus, Attila, Field, Erica, Torero, Máximo

Materias: “…dowry (land)…”
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Household formation and marriage markets in rural areas por Fafchamps, Marcel, Quisumbing, Agnes R.

Materias: “…dowry (land)…”
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Traditional breeding objectives and practices of goat, sheep and cattle smallholders in The Gambia and implications in relation to the design of breeding interventions por Ejlertsen, M., Poole, Elizabeth J., Marshall, Karen

“…The most important objectives for keeping all species of livestock for the poorer groups (0 to 10 cattle) was 'savings and insurance', followed by 'income' and 'ceremonial/dowry' for the small ruminants and 'manure' and 'draught' for both cows and bulls. …”
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Do shocks affect men's and women's assets differently? A review of literature and new evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Kumar, Neha, Behrman, Julia A.

“…Reflecting differences in country and context, dowry and wedding expenses took their toll on wives' land in Bangladesh, and illness shocks also had a large detrimental impact on wives' assets in Bangladesh, while death negatively affected wives' assets in Uganda. …”
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Do men and women accumulate assets in different ways? Evidence from rural Bangladesh por Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…Husbands' and wives' asset stocks are drawn down for different kinds of shocks, with husbands' assets being liquidated in response to death of a household member and dowry and wedding expenses, and both husbands' and wives' assets being negatively affected by illness shocks. …”
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The complex and gender differentiated objectives of livestock keeping for Somali pastoralists por Marshall, Karen, Mtimet, Nadhem, Wanyoike, Francis N., Ndiwa, Nicholas N.

“…All species were kept for multiple objectives (up to 14), with the most important objectives including domestic milk consumption and milk sale, income from the sale of slaughter as well as breeding animals, savings and insurance, domestic meat consumption, transport / loads, drawing water from wells, ceremony / dowry, and hide use. There were strong gender differences in the scoring of objectives, notably with ‘savings and insurance’ and ‘sale of breeding animals’ being more important to female and male pastoralists, respectively. …”
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Everyday forms of collective action in Bangladesh: Learning from Fifteen Cases por Davis, Peter

“…The types of collective action identified were catalyzed by marriage; dowry and domestic violence; disputes over land; illness, injury and death in accidents; and theft and cheating. …”
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Network analysis of seed flow, a traditional method for conserving tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) Landraces in Liangshan, Southwest China por Song, Y., Fang, Q., Jarvis, D., Bai, K., Liu, D., Feng, J., Long, C.

“…The flow of seed within villages was higher than between villages. Wedding dowry was an important pathway for seed flow among all of the villages. …”
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Species diversification, livestock production and income of the poor in the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh por Akter, S., Farrington, John, Deshingkar, P., Rao, L., Freeman, H.A.

“…Livestock act as a very real means of smoothing income by allowing debts to be repaid, farm inputs and medical treatment to be purchased, and dowry to be paid. More than 22% of the farmers mentioned disease problems as a cause of the decline in livestock population. …”
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Production objectives and selection criterions of three endemic ruminant breeds in The Gambia and Senegal por Garcia L., Ignacio P.

“…Intangible benefits, such as ceremonial and dowry were some of the main reasons for keeping small ruminants. …”

Strengthening Adaptive Capacity of Extensive Livestock Systems for Food and Nutrition Security and Low-emissions Development in Eastern and Southern Africa por Auma, Joseph, Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…Livestock production is a major livelihood in many parts of Africa, providing multiple benefits and uses that include milk, meat, payment of dowry, measure of wealth, draft power among others. …”
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Production objectives and selection criterions of three endemic ruminant breeds in The Gambia and Senegal por García, L., Ignacio P.

“…Intangible benefits, such as ceremonial and dowry were some of the main reasons for keeping small ruminants. …”
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Characterizing husbandry practices and breeding objectives of Sheko cattle owners for designing conservation and improvement strategies in Ethiopia por Bayou, E., Haile, Aynalem, Gizaw, Solomon, Mekasha, Yoseph

“…The purpose of keeping Sheko cattle in midland area was for draught followed by milk, income, saving and dowry, in that order. In lowland agro ecology milk production, draught power, and income generation are the purposes for keeping Sheko cattle. …”
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Framtidsutsikter för pastoralism på Kenyanska betesmarker por Cederblad, Zebastian

Trees to free the rural poor por Chambers, Robert

“…The rural poor are vulnerable to disasters such as war, drought, floods and illness; to exploitation, and to heavy expenditure on social needs such as dowries, weddings and funerals. Their vulnerability increases as traditional supports weaken,...…”
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