Women Rule: Potato Markets, Cellular Phones and Access to Information in the Bolivian Highlands

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dc.contributor.authorAmaya, Nadezdaen
dc.contributor.authorAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.countryBoliviaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:31:50Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:31:50Zen
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.description.abstractIn highland Bolivia, potato markets are widespread, and access to market information has entered the digital age. Information networks lubricated by ubiquitous cellular technologies are supplanting traditional means of information-gathering. We explore the impacts of access to cellular phones on market selection, use of social networks to acquire information, and gendered responsibilities within the potato market chain near Cochabamba. The entire family participates in potato production and marketing, but responsibilities are differentiated by gender. Men take a leading role in potato production and women in marketing. Access to cellular phones affects decisions about where to market potatoes and improves the potato marketing process.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-7 (Pathways to CAPS in the Andes)en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier5125en
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural Economics 43(4): 405-415en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00592.xen
dc.identifier.issn1574-0862en
dc.identifier.other5125_Amaya_N_and_J_Alwang_2011_potato_markets.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70424en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2012 by the International Association of Agricultural Economists. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectLocal marketsen
dc.subjectSANREMen
dc.subjectAndean regionen
dc.subjectBoliviaen
dc.subjectCell phonesen
dc.subjectTransactionsen
dc.subjectGovernanceen
dc.titleWomen Rule: Potato Markets, Cellular Phones and Access to Information in the Bolivian Highlandsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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