Citation
Proceedings And Materials from the National Workshop On Women in Agricultural Development

Material Information

Title:
Proceedings And Materials from the National Workshop On Women in Agricultural Development
Creator:
Spring, Anita
Place of Publication:
Washington D.C
Publisher:
Women in Agricultural Development Project, United States Agency for International Development, Office of Women in Development
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
v, 76 leaves : ill. ; 33 cm.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Women in rural development -- Congresses -- Malawi ( lcsh )
Women in agriculture -- Congresses -- Malawi ( lcsh )
Rural development projects -- Congresses -- Malawi ( lcsh )
Women in development ( fast )
Genre:
bibliography ( marcgt )
federal government publication ( marcgt )
conference publication ( marcgt )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Malawi

Notes

Abstract:
This document is to outline and describes the national workshop on women in agricultural development for Women's Programme in women in development (WID) in Malawi. Dr. Anita Spring is the main editor and compiler of this document. The first page of this document outlines the Aims and Objectives of the Workshop. Pages 2-3 recite the Opening Address: M.L Muwila, Chief Agricultural Development Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture. Page 4 starts the section of "Recognizing The "Invisible" Women in Development". This section explains how and why women are ignored in economic and developmental activities. The next chapter is "Problems Concerning African Women as a Result of Agricultural Development". The problems are outlined including women's responsibility to help feed families, men are often targeted as innovator while women are not, foreign experts believe that men do all of the work on cash crops, subsistence food crops tend to be ignored by research in favor of cash crops, in development projects women lose access to the means of productions, land acquisition for women, labor development that does not relieve the agriculture burdens on women, access to capital, women are not targeted for agricultural training, and women are just targeted for economic training. The following chapter is the report on the conference on Women's Contribution to Food Production And Rural Development in Africa, Lome, Togo. The report explains which new approaches are needed for development. This report also includes the research, data collection and the analysis of the data. The next chapter is the "Involvement of African Women in Agriculture". This chapter explains the Female and Male Systems of Farming, and the Sowe Data on Hours and Farm Operations Done by African Women. Some figures and tables are included to describe the time spent on agriculture and marketing by sex and the percentage of the total labor in hours. The next section of the publications is by Barbara Clark, titled "The Work Done By Rural Women in Malawi". From pages 26-35, the paper describes the study and the findings of the surveys conducted by Clark. On page 35 is another report from Dr. Art Hansen called "Farming Systems and Women in Malawi". This report documents the Importance of Women as Farmers, Farming System's Research and Women Farmers, the diagnostic and descriptive steps to the goals, and the Opportunities for Women's Programmes Officers. Page 45 starts a report by Dr. Anita Spring where Kawinga farming systems were surveyed. This report documents the Background Data and Additional Recommendations on Women and Men Farmers. Tables are included to convey the Category of Work by type of worker in Lake Chilwa and the Distribution of Garden Labour by Operator and Operations. The next report is Dr. David Hirschmann titled "Women in the Ministry of Agriculture: Understanding and Influencing Public Policy". The report entails ways to have an impact on policy-making and to understand the Government. Outlined are also the actors that influence policy-making. An excerpt from the World Conference of the United Nations, which is titled "Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women". The excerpt describes the National Machinery and its potential to impact women in development. Another excerpt is added from the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development". This section discusses the Integration of Women in Rural Development which includes the topics Ensur[ing] Equality of Local Status, Expanding Women's Access to Rural Services, Women's Organization and Participation, and Improv[ing] Education and Employment Opportunities. Access to Inputs, Markets, and Services are also explained. The next chapter is "Assessing the Impact of Development Project of Women", written by Ruth Dixon. Some of the topics on this report include Access of Women to Project Benefits, Effect on the Status of Women, Indicators of Physical Wellbeing, Indicators of Economic Wellbeing, and Indicators of Social Wellbeing. The next section is the Strategy for Collecting Additional Data from the Field on whether or not Project in reaching Women, which explains the Myths, the Reality, and the general considerations of the household. Economic Activity Rates for Women Heads of Household and Socioeconomic Factors contributing to the rise of Women Headed Households are also described in this section. The report by Frieda Kayuni titled "Discussion Topics and Suggested Solutions by Participants" is included. Kayuni adds some Suggested Solutions to provide women with more than home economics and nutrition training, how to convince management to collect data on women farmers, giving credit to women, and how to make sure women are getting information for seed training.
Bibliography:
Dr. Anita Spring has devoted her life to research in topics such as international agricultural development; food security; entrepreneurship and African business; women/gender in international development; environment and resource management since the 1970s. She has conducted research and produced many publications at several prestigious universities including Cornell University, San Francisco State University, and recently the University of Florida. She is currently a professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, and director of the Sub-Saharan Africa Business Environment Report (SABER) Project at the University of Florida.
Creation/Production Credits:
Chitedze Agricultural Research Station, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Creation/Production Credits:
Compiled and Edited by Dr. Anita Spring

Record Information

Source Institution:
University of Florida
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
16395856 ( OCLC )