Men and women farmers’ perceptions of adopting improved diets for pigs in Uganda: decision-making, income allocation, and intra-household strategies that mitigate relative disadvantage

Men and women farmers’ perceptions of adopting improved diets for pigs in Uganda: decision-making, income allocation, and intra-household strategies that mitigate relative disadvantage

Abstract Background The roles and responsibilities of men and women in east African smallholder pig-raising households and the entitlements each can claim from pig-enterprise income are unknown. The article is a qualitative gender-and-household-head-disaggregated exploration of Ugandan smallholder p...

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Main Authors: Natalie Ann Carter, Sally Humphries, Delia Grace, Emily Awuor Ouma, Catherine Elizabeth Dewey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Agriculture & Food Security
Subjects:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Intra-household
Decision-making
Pig-enterprise income allocation
Gender
Household head
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40066-017-0095-7

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