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标题：A survey on the role of Gambian women in the Jahali-Pacharr small holder rice irrigation scheme.
作者：Kidwaro, Fanson
期刊名称：Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
印刷版ISSN：0544-540X
出版年度：2005
期号：January
语种：English
出版社：Missouri Academy of Science
摘要：This study investigates the role of rural women in the World Bank/International Fund For Agriculture Development (IFAD)/Gambia Government sponsored integrated rice irrigation project in the Jahali-Pacharr area of the Macarthy Island Division (Gambia). The purpose of the study was to find out: (1) The attitude of the farm family units towards accepting and adopting new methods/practices of rice cultivation through irrigation; (2) The successes and failures on the part of development experts to accommodate the sentiments of rural women in their plans; (3) The division of labor in this new method of farming; and (4) The impact of the project on the already existing land tenure system. Ten men and ten women representatives from each of the five villages (100 total) in the project area participated in answering a questionnaire during the survey. The survey results revealed that women provided most of the labor inputs and have little or no training that can help improve their skills and overall development.
关键词：Irrigation;Irrigation (Agriculture);Women farmers

A survey on the role of Gambian women in the Jahali-Pacharr small holder rice irrigation scheme.

Kidwaro, Fanson

This study investigates the role of rural women in the World Bank/International Fund For Agriculture Development (IFAD)/Gambia Government sponsored integrated rice irrigation project in the Jahali-Pacharr area of the Macarthy Island Division (Gambia). The purpose of the study was to find out: (1) The attitude of the farm family units towards accepting and adopting new methods/practices of rice cultivation through irrigation; (2) The successes and failures on the part of development experts to accommodate the sentiments of rural women in their plans; (3) The division of labor in this new method of farming; and (4) The impact of the project on the already existing land tenure system. Ten men and ten women representatives from each of the five villages (100 total) in the project area participated in answering a questionnaire during the survey. The survey results revealed that women provided most of the labor inputs and have little or no training that can help improve their skills and overall development.

* Sanneh, K., F.D. Worman and F. Kidwaro. Department of Agriculture, Central Missouri State University.