A survey on the role of Gambian women in the Jahali-Pacharr small holder rice irrigation scheme.This study investigates the role of rural women in the World Bank/International Fund For Agriculture Development (IFAD IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD Ifa Delays )/Gambia Government sponsored integrated rice irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. project in the Jahali-Pacharr area of the Macarthy Island Division (Gambia). The purpose of the study was to find out: (1) The attitude of the farm family units towards accepting and adopting new methods/practices of rice cultivation cultivation, tilling or manipulation of the soil, done primarily to eliminate weeds that compete with crops for water and nutrients. Cultivation may be used in crusted soils to increase soil aeration and infiltration of water; it may also be used to move soil to or through irrigation; (2) The successes and failures on the part of development experts to accommodate the sentiments of rural women in their plans; (3) The division of labor in this new method of farming; and (4) The impact of the project on the already existing land tenure land tenure: see tenure, in law. system. Ten men and ten women representatives from each of the five villages (100 total) in the project area participated in answering a questionnaire during the survey. The survey results revealed that women provided most of the labor inputs and have little or no training that can help improve their skills and overall development. * Sanneh, K., F.D. Worman and F. Kidwaro. Department of Agriculture, Central Missouri State University Missouri State University is a state university located in Springfield, Missouri. It is the state's second largest university in student enrollment, second only to the University of Missouri. From 1972 to 2005, Missouri State was known as Southwest Missouri State University. . |
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