Closing the knowledge gap on gender in agriculture

Gender in Agriculture: Closing the Knowledge Gap

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-28

  Quisumbing, Agnes R ^a   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^a   Raney, Terri L ^b   Croppenstedt, André ^b   Behrman, Julia A ^c   Peterman, Amber ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Assets; Data and methods; Gender gaps; Research, development and extension (R D and E)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939639025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8616-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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