Women farmers’ productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
The need to focus on women farmers' productivity, which can be an effective engine for social change, has become increasingly clear in sub-Saharan Africa. Women have a significant role in farming and post-harvest activities in most countries in the region. Nevertheless, a complex set of rights and obligations reflecting social and religious norms prevail within rural communities; these dictate the division of labour between men and women and act as constraints to women farmers. An understanding of women farmers' role, its importance and these constraints is a prerequisite to devising policies to improve productivity and socio-economic development.
المنظمة: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
السنة: 2007
البلد/البلدان: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
التغطية الجغرافية: أفريقيا
النوع: وثيقة فنية
النص الكامل متاح على: http://www.unep.org/training/programmes/Instructor%20Version/Part_2/Activities/Human_Societies/Agriculture/Supplemental/Women-Farmers_Productivity_in_Sub_Saharan_Africa.pdf
لغة المحتوى: English