Women and smallholder farming (eBook, ePUB)

Addressing global inequities in agriculture
Redaktion: Sachs, Emerita Carolyn; Castellanos, Paige

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the key challenges encountered by women smallholder farmers, such as restricted access to markets and technical training programmes
• Addresses the critical role of women smallholder farmers to the success of global agricultural production
• Includes a selection of case studies which highlight the development of programmes to aid women smallholder farmers in crop and livestock production

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781801468060
• Artikelnr.: 75569121

Autorenporträt

Dr Carolyn Sachs is Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. She serves on an expert panel to the United Nations Programme on Gender, Water and Sanitation and is involved in several extension and outreach programmes, including the Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network (PAWAgN), in which she provides agricultural, entrepreneurship and leadership training. Dr Paige Castellanos is Senior Manager of Gender Justice and Inclusion at Oxfam America, USA. Before moving into her new role in 2022, Dr Castellanos was previously Director for the Gender Equity through Agriculture Research and Education (GEARE) Initiative at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. From 2016-2019, Dr Castellanos acted as Project Manager for the Women in Agriculture Network (WAgN): Honduras - a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve women's participation in the horticulture value chain in Honduras.