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Putting Gender on the Map: Methods for Mapping Gendered Farm Management Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

Authored by:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; van Koppen, Barbara; Behrman, Julia; Karelina, Zhenya; Akamandisa, Vincent; Hope, Lesley; Wielgosz, Ben
Publisher:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), January 2012, IFPRI Discussion Paper 1153, 64 pages.
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Although the different roles of men and women in agriculture in different parts of Sub-Saharan Africa have been widely acknowledged, there have not been consistent efforts to collect data on these patterns. This paper presents a way of classifying gendered farm management systems and then describes pilots of four different approaches to collecting and georeferencing information on the dominant pattern in each area.

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Potential Impact of Investments in Drought Tolerant Maize in Africa

Authored by:
La Rovere, Roberto; Kostandini, Genti; Abdoulaye, Tahirou; Dixon, John; Mwangi, Wilfred; Guo, Zhe; Banziger, Marianne
Publisher:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), 2010, 38 pages.
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The study evaluates the potential impacts of the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project run by CIMMYT and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 13 countries of eastern, southern and West Africa: Angola, Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, ambia, and Zimbabwe and Ghana.

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Torrents and Trickles: Irrigation Spending Needs in Africa; Summary

Authored by:
You, L.; Ringler, C.; Nelson, G.; Wood-Sichra, U.; Robertson, R.; Wood, S.; Zhe, G.; Zhu, T.; Sun, Y.
Publisher:
World Bank, September, 2009, 12 pages.
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Potential of Herbicide-Resistant Rice Technologies for Sub-Saharan Africa

Authored by:
Rodenburg, Jonne; Demont, Matty
Publisher:
AgBioForum, 2009, Volume 12, Issue 3 & 4,
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Weed-inflicted yield losses in rice equate to half the current rice imports in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and African rice farmers have a limited range of effective and affordable weed management technologies.

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[Zambia] National Census of Agriculture (1990/92) Part II: Census Report Volume I, Structural Type and Post-Harvest Data (1990/91)

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This report gives the Census design (including sample design) for Phases II and IV as well
as structural type and 1990/91 post-harvest data collected on small scale and medium scale
holders.

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[Zambia] National Census of Agriculture (1990/92): Census Report (Part I)

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For the first time in the history of census taking in the country , the Census of Population and Housing, and the Census of Agriculture were combined resulting in a Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture.

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