The gender asset gap and its implications for agricultural and rural development

Gender in Agriculture: Closing the Knowledge Gap

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 91-116

  Meinzen Dick, Ruth ^a   Johnson, Nancy ^a   Quisumbing, Agnes R ^a   Njuki, Jemimah ^b   Behrman, Julia A ^c   Rubin, Deborah ^d   Peterman, Amber ^e   Waithanji, Elizabeth ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cultural Practice LLC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Assets; Conceptual framework; Control and ownership; Gender; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961346495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8616-4_5     Document Type: Chapter

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