Seeds of empowerment: Action research in the context of the feminization of agriculture in Southwest China

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-44

  Song, Yiching ^a   Vernooy, Ronnie ^b  

^a Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP)   (China)

^b IDRC   (Canada)

Author keywords

empowerment; feminization of agriculture; Guangxi; maize production; participatory plant breeding; women's organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957308097     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185241001400102     Document Type: Article

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