Women and seed management: A study of two villages in Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper is the result of a study on women's roles in seed management both in the fields and home gardens. in two villages in Tangail District in Bangladesh. Agrobiodiversity research has been increasing its focus on seed management. The authors used a combination of qualitative methods to study 75 women to understand agrobiodiversity at three levels: the gendered divisions of labor in agriculture; seed saving; and seed management practices and techniques.