Understanding gender in agricultural value chains : the cases of grapes/raisins, almonds and saffron in Afghanistan / The World Bank.

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [Place of publication not identified] : Agricultural and Rural Development Unit ; The World Bank, 2011.Description: x, 147 pages : color map ; color charts ; 27 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet S471. A3.
Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgements—Executive summary—Chapter 1 : understanding gender in Afghanistan’s agricultural value chains : contexts, methodology, and case studies—Chapter 2 : Afghanistan’s expanding export markets and women’s potential to participate—Chapter 3 : women’s constraints and opportunities in the grape/raisin, almond, and saffron value chains—Chapter 4 : policy recommendations—References—Annexes.
Summary: Summary: “Afghanistan has comparative and competitive strengths in agriculture, which accounts for approximately half of its gross domestic product. An estimated 54 percent of Afghanistan’s agriculturural workforce is female, and women are especially prominent in horticulture. More than half of Afghanistan’s official exports—not including…”—(page vii).
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet S471.A3.U634 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Donated by Afghanaid. 3ACKU000387448
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Cover title.
“May 2011”.
“Report No. 62323-AF”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Acknowledgements—Executive summary—Chapter 1 : understanding gender in Afghanistan’s agricultural value chains : contexts, methodology, and case studies—Chapter 2 : Afghanistan’s expanding export markets and women’s potential to participate—Chapter 3 : women’s constraints and opportunities in the grape/raisin, almond, and saffron value chains—Chapter 4 : policy recommendations—References—Annexes.

Summary: “Afghanistan has comparative and competitive strengths in agriculture, which accounts for approximately half of its gross domestic product. An estimated 54 percent of Afghanistan’s agriculturural workforce is female, and women are especially prominent in horticulture. More than half of Afghanistan’s official exports—not including…”—(page vii).

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