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LIBERIA: Rural Women Confront Hunger Gap, Their Own Way

Published date: 
15 May 2009
Rural women in Liberia spent their days planting rice seeds in order to bridge the hunger gap.  Most of these women are widows whose husbands were killed in the civil war. 

Kenya Farmers Reap Profits Sown by Joined Hands

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Tue, 25/11/2008 - 12:44
Publisher: 
Women's News
Publisher / Organization Main page URL: 
http://www.womensenews.org/
Author: 
Zoe Alsop
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 

Efforts to improve agriculture in Kenya often miss the mark by targeting men instead of women. One woman spent 20 years organizing female farmers to share investments and training. Now men are joining too, and the women's work is paying off.
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Kenya Farmers Reap Profits Sown by Joined Hands
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