Gender in Agriculture Closing the Knowledge Gap /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Quisumbing, Agnes R. (Editor), Meinzen-Dick, Ruth (Editor), Raney, Terri L. (Editor), Croppenstedt, André (Editor), Behrman, Julia A. (Editor), Peterman, Amber (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Development economics.; Agricultural economics.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Social Sciences, general.; Gender Studies.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced a 2011 report on women in agriculture with  a clear and urgent message: agriculture underperforms because half of all farmers—women—lack equal access to the resources and opportunities they need to be more productive. This bo...