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Women and Agroforestry: A Human Ecology Approach to Understanding the Needs and Priorities of Women Farmers in Africa

dc.contributor.authorJust, Lesley
dc.contributor.authorMurray, Eloise C.
dc.coverage.spatialUganda
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-01T22:17:48Z
dc.date.available2025-05-01T22:17:48Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.descriptionThis study examined rural Ugandan women's lives to discover reasons why they may or may not practice agroforestry. These women are responsible for the triple roles of reproduction, production and community maintenance work, all carried out within the context of a gendered social environment. From the perspective of the social manifestation of gender, six key factors were identified. The findings were used to create a theoretical model of the interaction between rural women's lives and agroforestry systems. The model shows that agroforestry is not only a biophysical farming system; There is a human component in that interacts with other components to determine the success or failure of an agroforestry initiative. The model can be used to identify and understand the human component of the agroforestry system on an individual and community level.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7939/R3FT8DJ86
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.subjectWomen in development
dc.subjectWomen and work
dc.subjectHuman ecology
dc.subjectAgroforestry programs
dc.titleWomen and Agroforestry: A Human Ecology Approach to Understanding the Needs and Priorities of Women Farmers in Africa
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_93fc
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