Agroforestry adoption decisions, structural adjustment and gender in Africa

This paper shows that, under certain conditions (i.e., land availability and unaffordable fertilizer), improved fallows are potentially gender-neutral, scale-neutral soil-fertility technologies adoptable by women as well as by men, and by the poor and food-insecure as well as the food secure. The ev...

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Published inNatural Resources Management in African Agriculture pp. 115 - 128
Main Authors Gladwin, C. H, Peterson, J. S, Phiri, D, Uttaro, R
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Wallingford, UK CABI Publishing 2002
CABI
Subjects
ACP Countries
adoption of innovations
Africa
Africa South of Sahara
AGRICULTURE & FARMING
agriforestry
agro-forestry
agroforestry
Anglophone Africa
animals
Chordata
Commonwealth of Nations
Developing Countries
eukaryotes
Hominidae
Homo
improved fallow
innovation adoption
Least Developed Countries
mammals
man
primates
SADC Countries
soil fertility
Southern Africa
structural adjustment
subsaharan Africa
technology transfer
vertebrates
women
Africa South of Sahara
Zambia
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Summary:This paper shows that, under certain conditions (i.e., land availability and unaffordable fertilizer), improved fallows are potentially gender-neutral, scale-neutral soil-fertility technologies adoptable by women as well as by men, and by the poor and food-insecure as well as the food secure. The evidence comes mainly from eastern Zambia, where in 4 ICRAF villages an almost equal amount of female-headed households (47%) and men in male-headed households (52%) have adopted improved fallows.
ISBN:0851995845
9780851995847
DOI:10.1079/9780851995847.0115