Late in a career of more than sixty years, Thomas Burch, an internationally known social demographer, undertook a wide-ranging methodological critique of demography. This open access volume contains a selection of resulting papers, some previously unpublished, some published but not readily...

Introduction -- Why pay attention to gender in agriculture? -- Conceptual framework on gender in the agricultural research, development & extension cycle -- Priority setting -- Information needs for engendering agricultural research, development & extension -- Conduct of research and development...