Lastarria-Cornhiel, S.2016-04-192016-04-192006Background paper for the World Development Report 2008 "Agriculture for Development"4589_Lastarria_Cornhiel2006_Feminization_of_A.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68838"This paper will describe how women have increased their labor in two types of agricultural production - smallholder production and agro-export agriculture - and the economic and socio-cultural forces that are driving this trend. Finally, this paper examines whether women's participation in income-producing activities, whether as wage workers or as family workers in cash cropping, contributes to empowerment and improves their status within the household." (Excerpt from Executive Summary)application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightIncome generationMarketing and tradeWomenLivelihoodsAgribusinessSmall-scale farmingGenderExportsMarket accessReproductive laborDomestic laborAgricultural laborFarm/Enterprise Scale GovernanceTechnical report