Changes needed in agricultural policy for female‐headed farm families in tropical Africa

Jean M. Due and F. Magayane

Agricultural Economics, 1990, vol. 4, issue 3-4, 239-253

Abstract: The decline in per‐capita agricultural production has been reversed somewhat in tropical Africa by the structural adjustment programs which have increased producer prices, liberalized marketing and devalued currencies. But the 30% of smallholder farm households which are female‐headed will not be assited much due to their special constraints of shortages of labor and credit, lack of extension visits and appropriate labor‐saving technologies. For these households, the authors argue, improved extension services, credit for agricultural inputs, small ruminant animals and poultry, labor‐saving devices and craft inputs will be necessary to increase their incomes and levels of living.

Date: 1990
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