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Gender and governance in agricultural extension services: insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia [1]

Three out of four poor people in the developing world live in rural areas, and most of them depend—directly or indirectly—on agriculture for their livelihoods. Providing economic services, such as agricultural extension, is essential for using agriculture for development. However, such services are difficult to provide in rural areas, because they are subject to the triple challenge of market, state, and community failure.

Publication Date: 
02/03/2010
Regina Birner [2], Sonia Madhvani [3], Eija Pehu [4]
The World Bank [5]
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Agriculture [6], Development [7], Farmers [8], Women [9], Rural Development [10], Governance [11], Ethiopia [12], Ghana [13], India [14], Poverty [15]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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