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Changes needed in agricultural policy for female‐headed farm families in tropical Africa
Author(s) -
Due Jean M.,
Magayane F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1990.tb00120.x
Subject(s) - economic shortage , agriculture , economics , agricultural economics , production (economics) , per capita , craft , business , geography , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , demography , sociology , macroeconomics , archaeology , population
The decline in per‐capita agricultural production has been reversed somewhat in tropical Africa by the structural adjustment programs which have increased producer prices, liberalized marketing and devalued currencies. But the 30% of smallholder farm households which are female‐headed will not be assited much due to their special constraints of shortages of labor and credit, lack of extension visits and appropriate labor‐saving technologies. For these households, the authors argue, improved extension services, credit for agricultural inputs, small ruminant animals and poultry, labor‐saving devices and craft inputs will be necessary to increase their incomes and levels of living.