Women's identity as farmers: A case study from ten households in Syria

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 64-65, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-33

  Galie A ^a,b,c   Jiggins, J ^a   Struik, P C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c Fraz Castagneti Alto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender; Participatory plant breeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PLANT BREEDING; WOMENS STATUS;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84883050738     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.njas.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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