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Gender and Agriculture : Inefficiencies, Segregation, and Low Productivity Traps

Women make essential contributions to agriculture in developing countries, where they constitute approximately 43 percent of the agricultural labor force. However, female farmers typically have lower output per unit of land and are much less likely...

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Main Authors:	Croppenstedt, Andre, Goldstein, Markus, Rosas, Nina
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION CENTERS AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURE COMMON PROPERTY CROPS CULTURAL CHANGE DIET DISCRIMINATION ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPOWERMENT EQUAL ACCESS EQUIPMENT EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FARMS FEMALE FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE LABOR FEMINIST FEMINIST ECONOMICS FERTILIZERS GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER DIMENSION GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ROLES GENDER SENSITIVITY GENDERS GIRLS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HUNGER HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOMES INHERITANCE INTEGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND DEVELOPMENT LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REFORM LAWS LIFE SCIENCES LITERACY LIVESTOCK MALES MARITAL STATUS MARKETING MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN NEW TECHNOLOGIES NORMS NUTRITION OLDER WOMEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OWNERSHIP OF LAND POWER PRODUCTIVITY PROPERTY RIGHTS RURAL AREAS SCIENTISTS SINGLE MEN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIETY UNITED NATIONS UNMARRIED WOMEN WAGE GAP WIDOWS WIFE WILL WILLS WIVES WOMAN WOMEN FARMERS WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE WOMEN IN SCIENCE WOMEN SCIENTISTS WOMEN WORKERS AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17371511/gender-agriculture-inefficiencies-segregation-low-productivity-traps http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13171

Gender and Agriculture : Inefficiencies, Segregation, and Low Productivity Traps

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