Gender in Agriculture: Closing the Knowledge Gap

By Agnes R. Quisumbing

Book Overview

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 book builds on the report's conclusions by providing, for a non-specialist audience, a compendium of what we know now about gender gaps in agriculture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401786151
• ISBN13: 9789401786157
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"