Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Okonya, Joshua Sikhu ^a   Kroschel, Jürgen ^b  

^a Global Program of Integrated Crop and Systems Research   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Farmer perceptions; Female headed households; Household food security; Rural development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006057035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-3-1     Document Type: Article

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