Women and seed management: A study of two villages in Bangladesh

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-106

  Oakley, Emily ^a   Momsen, Janet Henshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Bangladesh; Gendered divisions of labour; Seed management; Seed saving

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HOME GARDEN; LABOR DIVISION; SEED TREATMENT; VILLAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847669337     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2006.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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