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Gender and Agricultural Extension: Why A Gender Focus Matters?
The literature reviewed here is global in its focus to attend to broad trends in the field and practice of agricultural extension. We do not aim for an extensive literature review but to identify implications for not ...
GENDERED PATTERNS OF ASSET OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL IN EGYPT
This study, conducted in Egypt, sought to identify the types of assets women and men
perceive as beneficial for their wellbeing, and to determine if patterns of ownership and
control of assets coincide with one another. A ...
Cactus cultivation as adaptation method for women in Egypt
The blog is based on book chapter Najjar, D. (2015). Women's Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt's Mubarak Resettlement Scheme through Cactus Cultivation and Adjusted Irrigation. In Buechler, S. and Hanson, ...
Sensitizing extension agents and policy makers on gender-specific problems and needs in extension advice
Workshop relaying research findings to 30 extension agents and 2 policy makers about gender-specific problems and extension needs in Kafr Sheikh based on a 200 farmer survey (100 men and 100 women).
Shedding light on women's wages and working conditions in the agricultural sector in Morocco
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Gender, Livestock, and Livelihoods in Khreisha Villages of Al-Karak
The presentation in collaboration with Nadira Al Jawhari (NCARE) outlines research that takes a systems approach to examine the interplay of livestock production (an activity in which women contribute the majority of the ...
How do Agricultural Innovations Influence Socio-economic Hierarchies? Findings from Rural Rajasthan
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Women, irrigation and social norms in Egypt: “The more things change, the more they stay the same?”
This paper explores how women and men participate in irrigation activities in Egypt, drawing from a survey administered to 200 men and 202 women and qualitative information from 150 interviews. Women participated in ...