Description: Integrating Gender into Extension Services : Rural Women in the Sahel

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Integrating Gender into Extension Services : Rural Women in the Sahel

Selected study findings on rural women's economic activities, with implications, lessons learnt and recommendations for extension services were presented in findings no. 46, August 1995. To reiterate, the sector study, rural women in the Sahel...

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Main Author:	Spurling, Daphne
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL TRAINING AGRICULTURE CROPS EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FEMALE FEMALE ENROLLMENT FEMALE STAFF FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER GENDER AWARENESS GENDER BALANCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER ISSUES HOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUSBANDS LITERACY TRAINING LIVESTOCK MARKETING NGOS PERSONALITY RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SEX SEX-DISAGGREGATED DATA SPECIALISTS SUPPORT SERVICES TEACHING WID WILL WOMAN WOMEN FARMERS WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/11/12850491/integrating-gender-extension-services-rural-women-sahel http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9983

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Summary:	Selected study findings on rural women's economic activities, with implications, lessons learnt and recommendations for extension services were presented in findings no. 46, August 1995. To reiterate, the sector study, rural women in the Sahel and their access to agricultural extension, overview of five country studies, covers Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia. This present issue focuses on lessons learnt about incorporating gender issues in agricultural extension services.