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A Study on Contract Farming : A Strategic Tool For Women Empowerment In Kerala

Jones, Dr. Ann Mary; ANTONY, JEFIN - 2022

Contract farming refers to farming conducted in accordance with a written agreement between farmers and a company for the production and sale of agricultural goods under a forward arrangement, frequently at pre-set pricing. Most of Kerala's urgent and crucial demands for women's empowerment...

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Women in African Agriculture : Integrating Women Into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector

Njiraini, Georgina Wambui; Ngigi, Marther W.; Baraké, … - 2018

Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa’s agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the labor, but facing significant obstacles, including unequal access to land, traditional division of labor, restrictions on mobility, unequal educational attainment, financial...

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The Role of Women in Agricultural Extension Services : A Case Study of Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara, State of Nigeria

Anka, Dr Lawal Mohammad - 2015

The major objective of this paper is to Investigate the role of women in Agricultural Extension Services in Gusau LGA in Zamfara, State of Nigeria. The major conclusions drawn from this paper were local govt administration did not provide technical support, provision of inputs and transportation...

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Women in African agriculture integrating women into value chains to build a stronger sector

Njiraini, Georgina Wambui; Ngigi, Marther W.; Baraké, … - 2018

Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa's agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the labour, but facing significant obstacles, including unequal access to land, traditional division of labour, restrictions on mobility, unequal educational attainment, financial...

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Tools for Women’s Empowerment? The Case of the Forage Chopper for Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Uganda

Kiyimba, Florence - 2012

In agriculture-based countries, development efforts to reduce rural poverty have prioritized labor saving technologies in reducing household labor requirements. Women have been specifically targeted in the development and dissemination of these technologies because they are central to overcoming...

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The political economy of domestic violence in a Mumbai slum : an ethnographic analysis

Ghosh, Sreeparna - In: Journal of interdisciplinary economics 27 (2015) 2, pp. 175-198

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The Puzzling Decline in Rural Women's Labor Force Participation in India: A Reexamination

Neff, Daniel; Sen, Kunal; Kling, Veronika - 2012

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why …

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Push or pull? Drivers of female labor force participation during India's economic boom

Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - 2012

In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 … minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …

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Gender implications of new economic policies

Duvvury, Nata - In: Disinvesting in health : the World Bank's prescriptions …, (pp. 64-79). 1999

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Employment and empowerment of women : an agenda for future action in India

Muthuraja, C. - In: Economic reforms and employment, (pp. 371-384). 2000

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