Gender in agriculture and technology / editor, Nite Tanzarn.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Tanzarn, Nite.

Makerere University. Department of Women & Gender Studies.

Conference Name:

International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women (8th : 2002 : Kampala, Uganda)

Series:

Gendered worlds series.

Gendered worlds series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in agriculture--Developing countries--Congresses.

Women in agriculture.

Developing countries.

Women in technology--Developing countries--Congresses.

Women in technology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 235 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kampala, Uganda : Women and Gender Studies, 2005.

Contents:

Information and communication technologies, culture and gender : net gains or web loss / Florence E. Etta

The denial of women to contribute to the growth of mathematics / P.E. Mugambi

Vera T. Sós, the great Hungarian woman mathematician / Zsuzsanna Agnes Berenyi

Land, God, women : women, land, and property in traditional and modern societies

the case of Africa / Ruth Kark

Gender variation in household economic activity and saving behaviour in Uganda : a case study of Kibaale and Soroti Districts / Paul Mpuga

A[fl]atoxins in peanuts, the health risks versus the economic costs : the case of the Senegalese peanut basin / Colette Harris

HIV/AIDS and agriculture in Africa : the woman's role in agricultural policy formulation and implementation / Emmanuel Obene Afoakwa

Challenges and policy actions for increasing the effectiveness of professional women agricultural extension workers in Uganda / Margaret Najjingo Mangheni

Urban agriculture and women's socio-economic empowerment : a case study of Kiswa and Luwafu Areas in Kampala City / Peace T. Musiimenta

Gendering university curricula : experiences of gender mainstreaming in the curriculum of the Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University / Margaret Najjingo Mangheni and Monica Karuhanga Beraho

Socio-economic survey on livestock management and gender relations : a case of veterinary ambulatory clinic catchment area, Makerere University / Kyewalabye E. ... [et al.]

Women's involvement in grass roots environmental conservation groups : a case study from coastal Kenya / Celia Nyamweru

Sustainable development : women, habitat, and environment / Mahua Mukherjee

The role of women in soil fertility and water management in southwestern Nigeria / Mary K. Idowu

Gender and food security / Nicholas Siwingwa

Intra-household resource distribution and women's role in ensuring food security in Kenya : a case study of con[fl]icting interests / Fletcher I. Njororai

Agricultural development and food security in Nigeria : the constraints that women face / O.O. Ajani ... [et al.].

Notes:

Papers presented under the sub-themes Agriculture and Technology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

243602584