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Title: | Innovation Adoption among Female-Headed Households: The Case of Malawi |
Author: | Chipande, G.H.R. |
Year: | 1987 |
Periodical: | Development and Change |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | April |
Pages: | 315-327 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Malawi |
Subjects: | rural development female-headed households Women's Issues Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Cultural Roles Family Life Sex Roles |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.1987.tb00276.x |
Abstract: | In assessing the extent to which female-headed households in rural Malawi participate in adopting innovations introduced through rural development programmes, the author suggests that the very limited adoption of agricultural innovations by female-headed households is closely associated with their low average income. The apparent apathy demonstrated by these households in respect of credit facilities reflects their inability to participate in the credit-cum-innovation programme because of their severe labour constraints and low average cultivated hectarage. The study concludes by briefly considering some of the remedial policies being developed by planners in Malawi in an effort to improve the welfare of rural women. Bibliogr., notes. |