ISBN:
9780415639286
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (320 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Women, Livestock Ownership and Markets : Bridging the Gender Gap in Eastern and Southern Africa
DDC:
305.409676
Keywords:
Animal industry - Africa, Southern
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book provides empirical evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique and from different production systems of the importance of livestock as an asset to women and their participation in livestock and livestock product markets. It explores the issues of intra-household income management and economic benefits of livestock markets to women, focusing on how types of markets, the types of products and women's participation in markets influence their access to livestock income. The book further analyses the role of livestock ownership, especially women's ownership of livestock, in inf
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Gender and livestock: key issues, challenges and opportunities; 2 Collecting and analysing data on intra-household livestock ownership, management and marketing; 3 Gender and ownership of livestock assets; 4 Gendered participation in livestock markets; 5 Livestock markets and intra-household income management; 6 Women's access to livestock information and financial services; 7 Women, livestock ownership and food security
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Making livestock research and development programs and policies more gender responsive9 Conclusion: improving the design and delivery of gender outcomes in livestock research for development in Africa; Index
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