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Title: | Sex roles in food production and distribution systems in the Sahel |
Author: | Cloud, K. |
Book title: | Women farmers in Africa: rural development in Mali and the Sahel |
Year: | 1986 |
Pages: | 19-49 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sahel |
Subjects: | women's work food production |
Abstract: | Description of women's traditional roles in Sahelian food systems, which shows that: a significant amount of food production is accomplished by women; almost all food processing is done by women; and most of the food produced and processed by Sahelian women is consumed by 'their immediate companions' within the subsistence sector only. Next, the author discusses recent changes in Sahelian food systems, the Sahel Development Program, the pattern of resource allocation to men in Africa, the question of land use and access to land, and the attitude of African women themselves. This leads to the conclusion that, in spite of some good faith efforts, the presence of women as an integral part of the agricultural system is being ignored in most of the larger projects in the Sahel. Notes. |