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With the commercialization of agriculture, women are increasingly disadvantaged because of persistent gender … investigate the gender implications of recently established farmer groups. Traditionally, banana has been a women’s crop in Kenya … negative gender implications of farmer groups can be reduced or avoided when women are group members themselves. In the poorest …
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high-value agriculture often creates new employment opportunities, especially for women. More employment can lead to higher … from Ethiopia to investigate the effects of women's employment in floriculture on child nutrition, focusing on children …
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women empowerment. Mobile phone use has also improved household food security and dietary quality. Simultaneous equation …
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Many tropical countries are experiencing massive land-use change with profound environmental and socioeconomic implications. In Indonesia, oil palm cultivation is rapidly expanding at the expense of more traditional agricultural crops and forest land. While environmental effects of the oil palm...
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Malnutrition in its various forms is a serious problem in many countries, contributing to human suffering, large healthcare costs, and hampered economic and human development. While various policies to reduce malnutrition exist, such policies typically fail to consider cultural factors. Here, we...
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Equality for women in all areas of life is not only a fundamental human right, but is also a crucial prerequisite for … achieving human development goals. Women constitute half of the world population and about 43 percent of the agricultural labor … force, which makes the importance of research into the role of women for human developmentseemingly self-explanatory. But as …
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Mobile money (MM) services can contribute to welfare gains in smallholder farm households. Previous research showed that one important pathway is through higher remittances received from relatives and friends. Here, the role of other impact pathways is examined, especially focusing on...
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