TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN FARMERS IN AFRICA: LESSONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS; WITH AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Contents

Abstract ..................................................................................................................... iv

Acknowledgments...................................................................................................... iv

Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1

Labor ..........................................................................................................................2

Gender Division of Labor .................................................................................... 2

Household Labor Availability............................................................................... 6

Agricultural Labor Markets.................................................................................. 8

Conclusions: Labor and Gender .......................................................................... 9

Land ........................................................................................................................ 10

Access to Land ................................................................................................... 10

Security of Land ................................................................................................ 11

Changing Access to Land ................................................................................... 11

Access to Other Inputs.............................................................................................. 12

Access to Credit ................................................................................................. 13

Access to Fertilizer ............................................................................................. 14

Access to Extension and Information ................................................................. 15

Access to Mechanization .................................................................................... 16

Gender Issues in Access to Inputs: Summary...................................................... 16

Outputs .................................................................................................................... 17

Household Decision-Making .................................................................................... 18

Cooperative Bargaining and Collective Models .................................................. 19

Noncooperative Bargaining Models ................................................................... 19

Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 21

References................................................................................................................. 23

Annotated Bibliography............................................................................................ 27

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