The role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in Papua New Guinea
The study investigated the roles and impact of female extension officers on the participation of smallholder women farmers in the production of Papua New Guinea’s major export commodity crops of cocoa, coffee and oil palm. The study found that female extension officers in the different commodity cro...
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Curtin University
2019
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| author | Hamago, Matilda Rondy |
| author_facet | Hamago, Matilda Rondy |
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| description | The study investigated the roles and impact of female extension officers on the participation of smallholder women farmers in the production of Papua New Guinea’s major export commodity crops of cocoa, coffee and oil palm. The study found that female extension officers in the different commodity crops experienced different forms of gender bias, but when such biases were addressed women farmers were empowered to participate more fully in agricultural development. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-761092019-07-31T07:31:01Z The role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in Papua New Guinea Hamago, Matilda Rondy The study investigated the roles and impact of female extension officers on the participation of smallholder women farmers in the production of Papua New Guinea’s major export commodity crops of cocoa, coffee and oil palm. The study found that female extension officers in the different commodity crops experienced different forms of gender bias, but when such biases were addressed women farmers were empowered to participate more fully in agricultural development. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76109 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Hamago, Matilda Rondy The role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in Papua New Guinea |
| title | The role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in Papua New Guinea |
| title_full | The role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in Papua New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | The role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in Papua New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in Papua New Guinea |
| title_short | The role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in Papua New Guinea |
| title_sort | role and impact of female extension officers on the participation of women in export crop production in papua new guinea |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76109 |