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Title

Workshop proceedings : Regional Workshop on Role of Women in Agriculture with Focus on Farm Tools and Related Technologies, held at Institute for Agricultural Research, Zaria, Nigeria, November 8-13, 1993, under sponsorship of the Commonwealth Secretariat, UK / edited by R.N. Kaul, T.O. Fadiji, M.M. Umar ; graphics: Paul A. Ndahi.

Author

Workshop on Role of Women in Agriculture with Focus on Farm Tools and Related Technologies (1993 : Zaria, Nigeria)

Publication

Zaria, Nigeria : Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, Ahmadu Bello University, [1994]

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Additional Authors

• Kaul, R. N. (Professor)
• Fadiji, T. O.
• Umar, M. M.
• Commonwealth Secretariat
• Ahmadu Bello University. Institute for Agricultural Research and Special Services.
• Ahmadu Bello University. Institute for Agricultural Research

Description

iii, 207 p : ill.; 29 cm.

Alternative Title

Role of women in agriculture with focus on farm tools and related technologies

Subject

• Women in agriculture > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses
• Women agricultural laborers > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses
• Farm mechanization > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "September 1994."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Overview of agricultural mechanization in the context of women participation / R.N Kaul (10 p.). -- Challenges of organising programmes for women in agriculture : innovative experience from Nigeria / Hajiya Aishatu Ismail (4 p.). -- Food science : a baseline interface for building technological improvements of women's activities in agriculture / L.B Olugbemi (7 p.). -- Challenges of credit and financing of women projects : contributions of People's Bank of Nigeria / Maria Sokenu (6 p.). -- Financing women agricultural ventures : contributions of the Nigerian Agricultural and Cooperative Bank, Limited / M.B Ajakaiye (7 p.).
• Constraints of credit facility to women at grass-roots level : some experiences in Nigeria / P.S Aku (5 p.). -- Brief assessment of the women in agriculture programme in Nigeria / I.D Erinle (6 p.). -- Experiences of work with women groups / Jessica Vonkat (7 p.). -- Socio-economic dimensions in introducing technology to rural women : experiences in Northern Nigeria / T.K Atala (6 p.). -- Developing women's work in a man's world : the potential for technological improvements in women's activities / Kate Meagher (3 p.). -- Health hazards among women working in agriculture in Northern Nigeria / K Sabitu (5 p.).
• Intracacies of indiginous technologies : case of "Fura" making / M.A Ali (4 p.). -- Indigenous technologies : scope of retaining concepts / Bola Akanji (7 p.). -- Technological improvement of an equipment : the case of tomato-pepper mill / C.N Asota (6 p.). -- Water lifting devices for rural areas : an appraisal of the developments so far in Northern Nigeria / O.J Mudiare (3 p.). -- Technological perspective of the small scale maize processing industry in South-West Africa / Olusade Taiwo (3 p.). -- Overview of the activities of the National Commission for Women / F.K Yakubu (2 p.). -- Situation report of Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria / S.O Ojo (2 p.). -- Small scale technologies for women in livestock production : experiences of national livestock projects division / Leo Y Nyam (1 p.). -- Overview of the involvement of agricultural development projects in women in agriculture / Chinyelu Nnonyelu (5 p.). -- Working with women : the experiences of the development exchange centre / Jummai Bappah (3 p.). -- Food processing and storage project UNICEF, Nigeria : experience and possible future approaches / May O Anyabolu (4 p.).

ISBN

9782741493

LCCN

^^^95170877^

OCLC

35875909

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