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| Autor/inn/en | Ahn, Jaehyun; Briers, Gary; Kibriya, Shahriar; Price, Edwin |
|---|---|
| Titel | Case Studies of Female-Headed Farms and Households in Liberia: A Comparative Analysis of Grand Bassa, Lofa, and Nimba Counties |
| Quelle | In: Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 26 (2020) 1, S.19-35 (17 Seiten)
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| Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Ahn, Jaehyun) ORCID (Briers, Gary) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 1389-224X |
| DOI | 10.1080/1389224X.2019.1693407 |
| Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Agricultural Occupations; Females; Income; Children; Barriers; Hunger; Credit (Finance); Conflict; Extension Agents; Gender Issues; Agribusiness; Sex Fairness; Family Life; Rural Areas; Heads of Households; Liberia |
| Abstract | Purpose: This study explores female-headed households in Grand Bassa, Lofa and Nimba counties to discern Liberia's smallholding, subsistence agriculture. Amid environmental and communal dynamics, addressing factors causing challenges of farming is imperative. Methodology: Using explanatory sequential methods this study collects, explains, and organizes farming and household situations qualitatively through field notes, observations, and extensive communications with 44 female farmers. Subsequently and quantitatively, Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) verifies aforementioned information, accompanied by 112 observations. Findings: Stories encapsulate female farmers in Grand Bassa, Lofa, and Nimba counties. They provide evidence of marginalized, progressive, and emerging farming in order. Children (n > 3) and inadequate support of Kuu (informal labor) and of community make food stability, availability and access insecure. Insufficient crop revenue further exacerbates the issues. Moderate- and mild food-insecure households need not worry about the problems above. However, their earnings notwithstanding, new challenges appear in credit practices and land conflict. Practical Implications: Extension agents should provide timely services for each community, with special attention to women-headed households. Findings imply ex-post evaluations to ex-ante extension services should be cyclical. Theoretical Implications: A gender-inclusive, gender-sensitive framework is vital to enhance food security and community resilience, transform subsistence agriculture into agribusiness and achieve fairness, gender equity and social justice for agrarian Liberians -- especially women and children. Originality/Value: This study captures distinctive phases of farming and family life -- yielding qualitative and subsequent quantitative validation of predictors of food insecurity in rural, women-headed farming households/operations. It should guide us to tailor ex-ante extension services. (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2024/1/01 |
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