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Peasant Women and Economic Transformation in The Gambia
Author(s) -
Carney Judith A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7660.1992.tb00446.x
Subject(s) - peasant , agrarian society , agriculture , productivity , economic growth , capital (architecture) , equity (law) , geography , agricultural economics , development economics , political science , economics , archaeology , law
Contemporary agricultural development strategies in The Gambia are centred on irrigated rice and vegetables—crops traditionally cultivated by women. Irrigated agriculture, however, is opening up new avenues to capital accumulation at the national, regional and household levels. This article examines the contradictions for women of donor‐funded schemes that combine gender equity with productivity objectives. The gender conflicts rife in Gambian irrigation projects point to the significance of female labour for contemporary patterns of agrarian transformation as well as the linkage between women's access to land for independent farming and forms of project participation.