Designing agricultural technology for African women farmers: Lessons from 25 years of experience

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dc.contributor.authorDoss, Cheryl R.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:30:40Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:30:40Zen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis article reflects on the likelihood of African farmers adapting technology, and the impacts that new technology might have on African women's well-being. The results presented derive from an extensive and critical literature review. The author concludes that African rural households are neither homogeneous nor simple. Households have people cooperating and competing while following their multiple goals. Gender roles are complex therefore difficult to summarize. Failing to recognize the complexity of gender roles and the dynamic impact of changes has led many programs and projects to be unsuccessful. Gender roles and responsibilities may change as people respond to the ever-changing economic circumstances. Agricultural technology has different impacts on those who adopt them depending on access to resources such as labor, land, and inputs. Depending on the activities, adopting new technologies can have an impact on women's well-being. The reasons for technology adoption vary according to preferences and constraints. Addressing rural women's constraints can mean creating technologies for small scale farmers and low productivity lands. The authors also call for researchers' awareness for the need to include men and women in the development of a technology at all levels.en
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dc.identifier3124en
dc.identifier4860en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Development 29(12): 2075-2092en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00088-2en
dc.identifier.issn0305-750Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67275en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright Elsevier Science Ltd. (all rights reserved)en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectAdoption of innovationsen
dc.subjectTechnology adoptionen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectLiterature reviewen
dc.subjectHouseholdsen
dc.subjectGender rolesen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleDesigning agricultural technology for African women farmers: Lessons from 25 years of experienceen
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