Download or read book Technological Change Production Organisation and Rural Women in Kenya written by V. Venturas-Dias and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working paper on relationships between choice of technology, division of labour, and the social status and low income of rural women in Kenya - covers land tenure, farm size, rural employment, sex discrimination, etc., concentrating on self employed heads of household, and recommends more educational opportunity and technological change instead of special intermediate technology for women. Bibliography pp. 48 to 54.
Download or read book Women And Technological Change In Developing Countries written by Roslyn Dauber and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1981-01-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology, generally considered a positive force that enhances both social and economic development, only benefits a whole population when it permits the productive use of all human resources, female as well as male. Nevertheless, women continue to be a neglected component in planning for technological development. This book considers developmental target areas -- health, food, housing and fertility -- that concern women as family members and as heads of households and assesses the specific needs of women both in adapting to technological change and as agents of that change.
Download or read book Technology and Rural Women written by Iftikhar Ahmed and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985, Technology and Rural Women synthesizes the fragmented empirical evidence and the wide range of theoretical approaches on the effects of modernisation on women in the developing world. Using a multi-disciplinary methodology, empirical and sectoral overviews, and country case studies, it draws together the literature to clarify the issues and the policies. The book begins with a conceptual overview and analyses the applicability of traditional theories of technological change and impact on gender based distributional questions. It proceeds to compare the African and Asian experience, examines the African situation regionally, and then as a set of four country case studies. The authors find that the imperfections of rural factor markets have contributed to women’s concentration in labour intensive sectors, marked by low productivity and low returns. Biases in the agrarian structure and the extension services are largely responsible for the Institutionalisation of discrimination against women. Finally, the volume identifies the social, economic, and technical constraints to the diffusion of technologies relevant to rural women’s tasks. In the final chapter the book’s analysis is further refined and extended, so that its conclusions to both theory and policy making are clearly brought out, and areas of future research identified. This book is an essential read for students and scholars of labour economics, women’s studies and economics in general.
Download or read book A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of the Effects of Technological Change on Rural Women written by Ann Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working paper on a conceptual framework for research on the effects of technological change on rural women in developing countries - presents a literature survey, focusing on sexual division of labour, agricultural employment of woman workers, unpaid work and productivity within the farm household, access to productive resources, effective costs of Innovation for women, etc. Bibliography pp. 73 to 79 and references.
Download or read book Technological Change and the Condition of Rural Women written by Iftikhar Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working paper on the impact of technological change on rural women - constitutes part of a WEP research project on technology and employment. Bibliography pp. 25 to 28, references and statistical tables.
Download or read book Technological Change and Rural Third World Women written by Nurit Bird-David and published by Kit Pub. This book was released on 2000 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book evaluates the performance of the Sorghum and Millet Introduction Program (SMIP) in the Machakos District of Eastern Kenya, paying particular attention to women in their households and communities. It warns against generalizing about "Third World Women" and "subsistence farmers" and shows the importance of paying attention to culture to understand people's actions, resistance and preferences. Deep-rooted differences between the unconscious assumptions of "donors" and "recipients" may result in breakdowns in development cooperation. One incorrect assumption about Machakos' Akamba people is that they are subsistence farmers, with women doing most of the farming jobs, while male out-migration to towns results in a high portion of poor female-headed and female-operated households. Refuting this and other assumptions, the authors put forward practical suggestions for improving the program's success in introducing drought-resistant crops in Eastern Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands.
Download or read book Technology Gender and Power in Africa written by Patricia Stamp and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology, Gender and Power in Africa
Download or read book Technological and Organisational Change Employment and Collective Bargaining in Australia written by John Phillimore and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adoption of agricultural innovations by smallholder farmers in the context of HIV AIDS written by Faith N. Nguthi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using tissue-cultured technology is a potentially important way for smallholder banana farmers to improve their yields and income. In the situation of the impoverishing effects of high HIV/AIDS-prevalence in a rural banana-farming community, this applies even more. The research documented in this book examines the balance between required inputs and potential benefits of applying the tissue-cultured technology among HIV/AIDS-affected and non-affected households in Maragua district, Central Kenya, using a livelihood approach. The results show that adoption of the technology and its continued use differs according to the resources endowment of the farming households. Lack of financial and physical capital, notably a water tank, inhibits adoption, irrespective of HIV/AIDS-status. However, households headed by elderly females dominate among the poor households and the HIV/AIDS-affected households. This illustrates how HIV/AIDS interfaces with poverty and, thereby, indirectly with the feasibility of sustainable technology adoption. The research also shows that livelihood decisions and strategies of farming households are influenced by land tenure status (having title deeds or not) and labour constraints at the household level. The latter arise as a consequence of HIV/AIDS-related morbidity and mortality.
Download or read book New Technologies Flexible Automation Work Organisation and Employment in Manufacturing written by John Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women and Food Security in Kenya written by Nadine R. Horenstein and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender Information Technology and Developing Countries written by Nancy J. Hafkin and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Facing the Technological Challenge written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rural Development written by International Labour Office and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1991 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entries in English and various other languages.
Download or read book An Approach Towards Integration of Emerging and Traditional Technologies written by A. S. Bhalla and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender differentials in agricultural production and decision making among smallholders in Ada Lume and Gimbichu Woredas of the central highlands of Ethiopia written by and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 2001 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Generation and Diffusion of Agricultural Technology written by Stephen D. Biggs and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
