The making and unmaking of gendered crops in northern Ghana

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-70

  Padmanabhan, Martina A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural innovations; Gender; Intraface; Northern Ghana; Social construction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PLANT; CULTIVATION; FIELDWORK; GENDER ISSUE; INNOVATION; LABOR DIVISION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33847686693     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2006.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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