Gender and Agricultural Supply Responses to Structural Adjustment Programmes

Download or read book Gender and Agricultural Supply Responses to Structural Adjustment Programmes written by Grace Ongile and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the gender implications of agricultural sector reform in Kenya. The author focuses on smallholder tea production with the aim of pinpointing the factors that influence the adoption of tea among male and female farmers, assessing female farmers perceptions of the changes in living standards over the research period, and suggesting appropriate policy reforms to ensure that women 's interests are taken into account in the design of agricultural reforms.