Men's Crops and Women's Crops: The Importance of Gender to the Understanding of Agricultural and Development Outcomes in Ghana's Central Region

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 900-915

  Carr, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; gender; Ghana; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; VULNERABILITY;

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

EID: 41749086424     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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