Social and gender analysis in natural resource management : learning studies and lessons from Asia / edited by Ronnie Vernooy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vernooy, Ronnie, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--Asia--Case studies.

Rural development.

Women in development--Asia--Case studies.

Women in development.

Natural resources--Management--Research.

Natural resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents encounters with rural men and women in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries working for local and national governments and for non-governmental organizations. This book includes six case studies that highlight the diversity of efforts to integrate social and gender analysis into natural resource management research.

Contents:

Integrating social and gender analysis into natural resource management research / Ronnie Vernooy and Liz Fajber

The social and gendered nature of ginger production and commercialization: a case study of the Rai, Lepcha and Brahmin-Chhetri in Sikkim and Kalimpong, West Bengal, India / Chanda Gurung and Nawraj Gurung

Strengthening market linkages for women vegetable vendors: experiences from Kohima, Nagaland, India / Vengota Nakro and Chozhule Kikhi

Enhancing farmers' marketing capacity and strengthening the local seed system: action research for the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity in Bara District, Nepal / Deepa Singh, Anil Subedi and Pitamber Shrestha

Empowering women farmers and strengthening the local seed system: action research in Guangxi, China / Yiching Song and Linxiu Zhang with Ronnie Vernooy

Creating opportunities for change: strengthening the social capital of women and the poor in Upland Communities in Hue, Viet Nam / Hoang Thi Sen and Le Van An

Herder women speak out: towards more equitable co-management of grasslands and other natural resources in Mongolia / H. Ykhanbai, Ts. Odgerel, E. Bulgan and B. Naranchimeg

Similarities and differences: from improved understanding to social transformations / Ronnie Vernooy and Linxiu Zhang

Social and gender analysis is essential, not optional: enhanced capacities and remaining challenges / Ronnie Vernooy and Linxiu Zhang.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

93-5280-262-4

93-5280-557-7

1-280-71818-8

9786610718184

1-55250-218-X

OCLC:

64695554