Access, control and ownership: Women and sustainable environmental management in Africa

作者: Patricia Kameri-Mbote

DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2007.9674835#.UCFUJPM1GMI

关键词: AgricultureContext (language use)Space (commercial competition)Natural resourceEnvironmental resourceEnvironmental resource managementBusinessAccess controlDe factoControl (management)

摘要: Introduction Concerns about African women's access to, control over and ownership of land environmental resources have been raised the years at different but interrelated levels. In this article, author uses term environment to mean natural that are part space women operate in. This paper is written within a context where perform many tasks associated with management play major role in agricultural sector, which forms economic mainstay most countries (Boserup, 1970). Many also de facto heads households since their husbands moved into cities seek for or jobs. times drought, it incumbent upon provide food families (Thomas, 1998; Thomas-Slayter, 1989). They responsible saving seeds planting season.

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