Natural resource management : the impact of gender and social issues
Date
2010
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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
Fountain Publishers
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, ET
Fountain Publishers
Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Addis Ababa, ET
Abstract
Six research studies are reflected in this volume, exploring the inclusion of gender within natural resource management (NRM) and conservation. The book looks at new trends and drivers in NRM and rural poverty in Africa. Gender relations have a direct impact on the use, management, and conservation of natural resources. Both men and women tend to classify NRM in relation to the spaces that they themselves inhabit, women talking more about households and river resources, and men about agricultural land and forests. Women have been found to be the main farm operators, yet they have the least say in the use of farm resources.
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Revised edition / First published in 2007 by the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa under the title "Gender and social issues in natural resource management research for development"
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IDRC Book
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Keywords
RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, GENDER ROLES, GENDER ANALYSIS, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, ETHIOPIA, KENYA, MALAWI, UGANDA, SOUTH AFRICA, WATER MANAGEMENT, WETLANDS, AQUACULTURE, CHEMICAL POLLUTION, GENDER ROLES, SOIL FERTILITY, WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE, SOUTH OF SAHARA