Women and Sustainable Development in Africa

by Valentine U. James

Overview

Sustainable development has traditionally neglected the contributions of women until recently. Government and institutions in developing countries, as well as foreign aid agencies, are just beginning to realize the important roles filled by women as farmers, entrepreneurs, food providers, educators, and role models in developing countries and are attempting to integrate women into nongovernmental organization projects and voluntary organization programs. According to James and his contributors, women should not be just acknowledged, they must be included in the planning, construction, implementation, and operation of development schemes in Africa in order for development to be successful and widespread.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275953089
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/20/1995
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

VALENTINE UDOH JAMES is Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Resource Management in Developing Countries (Praeger, 1991) and Environmental and Economic Dilemmas of Developing Countries (Praeger, 1994).

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Preface

Introduction: Sustaining Women's Efforts in Africa's Development by Valentine Udoh James

The Current and Future Directions for African Women Farmers by Valentine Udoh James and Melanie Marshall James

Listening to and Learning From African Women Farmers by Mary Theresa Picard

Designing Gender Specific Interventions in Zaire: A Social Science Perspective by Gloria Braxton

Socio-cultural Aspects of Ethiopian Women's Contributions to Agriculture by Barbara A. Dicks and Eddle Senay Bogale

Women in Commercial Agriculture: The Cocoa Economy of Southern Ghana by Benjamin Asare

Participation of Rural Women in Malawi National Rural Development Program by Grace Margaret Malindi

Increasing Female Household-Head Participation in Agricultural Extension in Malawi by Vickie A. Sigman

Agrarian Women and Indigenous Textile Industry in Nigeria by Amakievi O.I. Gabriel and Augustine A. Ikein

African Women in Production: The Economic Role of Rural Women by Jonathan Nwomonoh

References

Index

Editorial Reviews

A collection of ten essays inspired by the disparity between James' personal experience with many knowledgeable women farmers in Nigeria (including her mother), and the dearth of women at a 1992 workshop on the country's indigenous knowledge of agriculture. The topics include listening to and learning from African women farmers, designing gender-specific interventions in Zaire, sociocultural contributions of Ethiopian women farmers, the cocoa economy of southern Ghana, female household-heads in Malawi, and the Nigerian textile industry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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