Women farmers’ perceived indices of occurrence and severity of observed climate extremes in rural Savannah, Ghana
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DOI: 10.1007/s10668-021-01471-4
Abstract: Climate extremes over the years have been a major concern for the globalized world. The hardest hit from these climate extremes are women farmers with low adaptive capacity. This study explored women farmers’ perceived indices… read more here.
Keywords: observed climate; women farmers; occurrence severity; climate extremes ... See more keywords
Assessing the determinants of women farmers' targeted adaptation measures in response to climate extremes in rural Ghana
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2021.100353
Abstract: Abstract Weather and climate extremes affect food crop production of women farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Women farmers use specific adaptation strategies to respond to weather and climate extremes confronting them. Most studies on the role… read more here.
Keywords: adaptation; response; targeted adaptation; women farmers ... See more keywords
‘Communication sovereignty’ as resistance: strategies adopted by women farmers amid the agrarian crisis in India
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DOI: 10.1080/00909882.2018.1547917
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study draws on a culturally centered collaboration with a community of dalit women farmers in South India who were organized in a cooperative in their collective resistance against the corporatization of agriculture. Situated… read more here.
Keywords: communication sovereignty; communication; agriculture; sovereignty resistance ... See more keywords
Knowledge transfer and innovation adoption in women farmers
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DOI: 10.1108/bfj-02-2020-0159
Abstract: PurposeThe study aims to analyse patterns of innovation adoption among Italian female-owned farms, by evaluating the impact of innovation support services and entrepreneurial orientation on innovation adoption.Design/methodology/approachTo explore both the entrepreneurial identity of women farmers… read more here.
Keywords: innovation support; analysis; innovation; women farmers ... See more keywords
Developing a culturally acceptable peanut nutrition bar with smallholder women farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal using response surface methodology.
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DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.16412
Abstract: To increase farm income and food security, a collaboration was made with smallholder women farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal to develop a culturally acceptable peanut nutrition bar using healthy indigenous and local ingredients and feasible manufacturing… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; smallholder women; peanut; women farmers ... See more keywords