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Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel

Women play a pivotal role in agriculture in the Sahel. In Burkina Faso and Mali, for example, an estimated 93 percent and 78 percent respectively of active women work in agriculture. High levels of rural poverty coupled with a fragile agro-ecologic...

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Main Author: Spurling, Daphne
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
COMPENSATION
CROPS
EQUIPMENT
ETHNIC GROUPS
EXTENDED FAMILY
EXTENSION SERVICES
FARMERS
FEMALE
FEMALE FARMERS
FEMALE HEADS
GENDER
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER ROLES
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS
HERDERS
HOUSEHOLD CHORES
HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
HUSBAND
HUSBANDS
INTEGRATION
LITERACY
LIVESTOCK
MARKETING
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
NGOS
PRODUCTIVITY
REMITTANCES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL WOMEN
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIETIES
SUPPORT SERVICES
VILLAGES
WID
WIDOWS
WILL
WIVES
WOMAN
WOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
WOOD
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/08/12845673/rural-women-agricultural-extension-sahel
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9989

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/08/12845673/rural-women-agricultural-extension-sahel
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9989

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