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Supporting female smallholders

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Author	Adesugba, Margaret
Copyright Year	2020
Description	Smallholder women are pivotal in balancing rural food systems yet, they face several inequalities that make it difficult for them to sustainably intensify their operations. This chapter provides insights into how smallholder women can be supported for sustainable intensification. It uses qualitative data collected from rural households in Nigeria using in-depth interviews to understand the life history and experiences of smallholder women. Most smallholder women operate in survival mode and are involved in on-farm, off-farm and non-farm work, but they thrive well when they get targeted support or low-risk low-interest credit. However, they also face several vulnerabilities as a result of differences in socio-economic and sociocultural norms that may undermine their efforts. Policies and programmes set to provide support for women should be deliberate, customisable and transformative such that it takes into cognisance the peculiarities that smallholder women in Africa face. Book Name: The sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems
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Ending Page	335
Page Count	25
Starting Page	311
DOI	10.1201/9781003048053-14
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2020-12-10
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: The sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems Smallholder Women
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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