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Involvement of Rural Women in Field Activities
Women are an actively involved component of rural life in dryland areas. They play key role in various agricultural operations such as harvesting of fodder and it’s feeding to livestock, milking of animals, making farm ...
Gender Perspectives on the Dynamics of Lentil and Chickpea Production: the Case of Gimbichu and Minjar-Shenkora Districts, Ethiopia
Ethiopia has different agro-ecologies conducive for producing different crops. The country is the home of different pulse grain production and it was increased between 2000-2012 (Vincent and Jason 2013). Twelve pulse types ...
Agenda of Group meetings on women’s role in use and management of water resources in Turkistan region - russian
Agenda of Group meetings on women’s role in use and management of water resources in Turkistan region - russian
ICRAF-DS Annual Report 2015
In 2015 ICRAF undertook drylands research in two transects of the West African Sahel (WAS) and the Ethiopian action site in East and Southern Africa (ESA). The research was supported through 0.7 million USD of W1/2 funding ...
Delivering support to women farmers in Afghanistan. Caravan- A Review of agriculture in dry areas
In a traditional society like Afghanistan where pervading social and cultural norms place
restrictions on the independence of women, providing support to female farmers is never
straightforward and resistance can often be ...
Gender and Irrigation: Its Implications on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. The Case of Ntcheu District of Malawi
Efforts have been made to intensify crop production through various technologies including irrigation schemes practices in Southern Africa as in other developing countries, however less focus have been placed on the extent ...
Improving the livelihoods of dryland farmers through the introduction of potato cropping: a proposal based on detailed SWOT analysis
FAO has identified potato as a crop for ensuring future food security for the global poor,
particularly in the developing countries. Strength of this analysis was demonstrated in
India during 2003 and 2013 in terms of ...
Gender and Agricultural Extension Services in Ntcheu District of Malawi
There has been an observable shift of extension practices in developing countries across the globe; from micro level centered approach to group centered extension practices. This paper examines the influence of gender ...