representation of women in the field of agricultural science and technology (S&T) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Female scientists … research and higher education agencies in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first study of its kind to present … in South Africa, Mozambique, and Botswana (32, 35, and 41 percent, respectively). • The female share of students enrolled …

"This paper examines the role of postsecondary agricultural education and training (AET) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the … context of the region's agricultural innovation systems. Specifically, the paper looks at how AET in Sub-Saharan Africa can …

girls in South Asia; in contrast, no such anti-female gender bias exists in Sub-Saharan Africa. Second, this paper … correlation between gender biases in child health outcomes and income growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. While previous studies focused … found a new dimension of regional contrast between Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions." from Authors' Abstract …

Approximately 80 percent of poor people in Sub-Saharan Africa continue to depend on the agricultural sector for their … livelihoods, but-unlike in other regions of the world-agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by very low yields due to … serious deterioration of rural livelihoods and increase food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Given these multiple challenges …

"Two possible adaptation options to climate change for Sub-Saharan Africa are analyzed under the SRES B2 scenario. The … first scenario doubles the irrigated area in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2050, compared to the baseline, but keeps total crop area … than an expansion of irrigated area. Even though Sub-Saharan Africa is not a key contributor to global food production or …

nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …