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The diffusion of cattle ranching and deforestation : prospects for a hollow frontier in Mexico’s Yucatán
Busch, Christopher B.; Vance, Colin - 2011
This article investigates the behavioral drivers of pasture creation and associated implications for deforestation in a 22,000 km2 agricultural frontier spanning the base of Mexico‘s southern Yucatán. After developing a theoretical model that highlights the role of social networks and...
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Irrigation and culture : gender roles and women's rights
Fredriksson, Per; Gupta, Satyendra Kumar - 2020
This paper proposes that ancestral use of irrigation reduces contemporary female labor force participation and female … property rights. We test this hypothesis using an exogenous measure of irrigation and data from the Afrobarometer, cross …-country data, the European Social Survey, the American Community Survey, and the India Demographic and Household Survey. Our …
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Impact of small scale irrigation technology on women empowerment in Amhara national regional state of Ethiopia
Belete, Belainew; Melak, Surafel - In: Cogent economics & finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17
scant to evaluate the role of small-scale irrigation technology on women empowerment. This study evaluates the impact of the … adoption of small-scale irrigation technologies on women empowerment, where empowerment is measured by Women Empowerment in the …-adopting sample households. Results of the average treatment effect on treated suggest adoption of small-scale irrigation technologies …
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The potential and limits of farmers’ groups as catalysts of women leaders
Nakazi, Florence; Aseete, Paul; Katungi, Enid; Ugen, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index revealed weak leadership and influence of women in the community as …
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Women's empowerment for sustainable rural livelihoods: voices from selected communities in Ghana
Britwum, Akua O.; Akorsu, Angela Dziedzom; Baidoo, Loretta - 2018
Agricultural interventions are designed on certain assumptions of empowerment that do not necessarily address the livelihood constraints of the rural women they set out to support. This is a failing that might be due to the omission of women’s voices expressing their understanding of...
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Women in agriculure and trade
Kumar, Raj (contributor) - 2000 - 1. ed
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Agriculture and rural development
Reddy, Rajendra; Shankar, J. P. Abhay - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003791721
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Gender and development in India : dimensions and strategies
Rout, Himanshu Sekhar (contributor) - 2008
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Women as extension advisors
Adebayo, Johnson A.; Worth, Steven H. - In: Research in globalization 5 (2022), pp. 1-7
South Africa. However, sustainable agriculture, rural livelihood sustainability and food insecurity at household level are … in extension services. Given the significant role women play in agriculture in South Africa, this oversight compromises …
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