Understanding gender and culture in agriculture: The role of qualitative and quantitative approaches

Gender in Agriculture: Closing the Knowledge Gap

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 31-54

  Behrman, Julia A ^a   Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^b   Quisumbing, Agnes R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Gender relations; Mixed methods; Qualitative methods; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961344464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8616-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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