Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel
Women play a pivotal role in agriculture in the Sahel. In Burkina Faso and Mali, for example, an estimated 93 percent and 78 percent respectively of active women work in agriculture. High levels of rural poverty coupled with a fragile agro-ecologic...
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okr-10986-99892021-04-23T14:02:48Z Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel Spurling, Daphne AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COMPENSATION CROPS EQUIPMENT ETHNIC GROUPS EXTENDED FAMILY EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FEMALE FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HEADS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER ISSUES GENDER ROLES HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HERDERS HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY HUSBAND HUSBANDS INTEGRATION LITERACY LIVESTOCK MARKETING MIGRANTS MIGRATION NGOS PRODUCTIVITY REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIETIES SUPPORT SERVICES VILLAGES WID WIDOWS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT WOOD Women play a pivotal role in agriculture in the Sahel. In Burkina Faso and Mali, for example, an estimated 93 percent and 78 percent respectively of active women work in agriculture. High levels of rural poverty coupled with a fragile agro-ecological environment make the contribution of women's productive activities to the household and community a crucial element in the survival of the rural population. As patterns of production change and men migrate in search of work, the labor input of women is increasing. Yet only about one participant in five in extension activities in the region is a woman. In all the Sahelian countries, the agricultural service projects funded by the International Development Association (IDA) focused initially on establishing national programs based on Training and Visit (T&V) management principles. With the second generation of these projects coming on line, increased knowledge and systematic documentation of the current and changing roles of women in agricultural production were necessary to improve the targeting of project activities. 2012-08-13T10:04:27Z 2012-08-13T10:04:27Z 1995-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/08/12845673/rural-women-agricultural-extension-sahel http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9989 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 46 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COMPENSATION CROPS EQUIPMENT ETHNIC GROUPS EXTENDED FAMILY EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FEMALE FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HEADS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER ISSUES GENDER ROLES HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HERDERS HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY HUSBAND HUSBANDS INTEGRATION LITERACY LIVESTOCK MARKETING MIGRANTS MIGRATION NGOS PRODUCTIVITY REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIETIES SUPPORT SERVICES VILLAGES WID WIDOWS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT WOOD |
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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COMPENSATION CROPS EQUIPMENT ETHNIC GROUPS EXTENDED FAMILY EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FEMALE FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HEADS GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER ISSUES GENDER ROLES HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HERDERS HOUSEHOLD CHORES HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY HUSBAND HUSBANDS INTEGRATION LITERACY LIVESTOCK MARKETING MIGRANTS MIGRATION NGOS PRODUCTIVITY REMITTANCES RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WOMEN SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIETIES SUPPORT SERVICES VILLAGES WID WIDOWS WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT WOOD Spurling, Daphne Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel |
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Women play a pivotal role in agriculture
in the Sahel. In Burkina Faso and Mali, for example, an
estimated 93 percent and 78 percent respectively of active
women work in agriculture. High levels of rural poverty
coupled with a fragile agro-ecological environment make the
contribution of women's productive activities to the
household and community a crucial element in the survival of
the rural population. As patterns of production change and
men migrate in search of work, the labor input of women is
increasing. Yet only about one participant in five in
extension activities in the region is a woman. In all the
Sahelian countries, the agricultural service projects funded
by the International Development Association (IDA) focused
initially on establishing national programs based on
Training and Visit (T&V) management principles. With the
second generation of these projects coming on line,
increased knowledge and systematic documentation of the
current and changing roles of women in agricultural
production were necessary to improve the targeting of
project activities. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Spurling, Daphne |
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Spurling, Daphne |
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Spurling, Daphne |
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Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel |
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Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel |
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Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel |
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Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel |
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Rural Women and Agricultural Extension in the Sahel |
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rural women and agricultural extension in the sahel |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/08/12845673/rural-women-agricultural-extension-sahel http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9989 |
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