Equal numbers, equal chances? A case study of gender differences in the distribution of social capital in smallholder farmer groups in Búzi district, mozambique

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 264-282

  Gotschi, Elisabeth ^a,b   Njuki, Jemimah ^b   Delve, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmer groups; Gender and development; Mozambique; Rural development; Smallholder farmers; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; SMALLHOLDER; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 77950740036     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2008.20     Document Type: Article

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