Women in food production and development in Africa
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1974Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.;Metadata
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Women in food production and development in Africa prepared by Women’s Resources Development Division UNECA. The problem of achieving a food supply adequate to meet the needs of their population has been growing more acute in developing countries since the middle of the present century. rapid rates of population growth accounted for most of the rise in food demand although increased wealth in some sections of society and migration from rural to urban areas contributed slightly to the additional demand. Many obstacles to more rapid increases in food production and higher levels of living have been pointed out in a wide range of publications on agricultural development, among them the need for agrarian reform; the inadequacy of extension services in mobilizing all farmers; the emphasis extension services on cash crops and neglect of foods and the insufficient attention given to small farmer cooperatives. Women in Africa carry out most of the tasks related to food after it leaves the farm gate. They do much of the marketing of food or other goods for sale frequently carrying heavy loads over long distances and often carrying a child as well. Rural women’s roles dictate that they are fully engaged in productive activities producing and processing food, distributing goods, as well as raising children and caring for men and elders.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (1974). Women in food production and development in Africa. Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/26112”Collections
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