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Social difference and women's empowerment in the context of the commercialisation of African agriculture

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posted on 2023-06-09, 11:49 authored by Helen DancerHelen Dancer, Naomi Hossain
This paper was commissioned to support the research design activities of the Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) Consortium, generating new evidence on pathways to agricultural commercialisation, on the theme of social difference and women’s empowerment. First, the paper explores methodological approaches and key concepts that underpin the analysis of social difference, as people move along different pathways to commercialisation. It analyses social difference in terms of gender, age, wealth, ethnicity and indigeneity, while placing special emphasis on APRA’s focus of women’s empowerment. Second, the paper draws upon three key outcome criteria - which we identify as power relations, structures and mechanisms and distribution of resources - to analyse APRA’s hypotheses and research questions through a lens of social difference. Third, the paper explores avenues for inquiry at the level of household and community, sectoral changes and political-economic factors, bringing attention to the interconnections between individual, social structures and wider political-economic developments and makes recommendations for research questions in these areas.

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APRA; DFID

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  • Published

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Agricultural Policy Research in Africa Working Paper 8

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43.0

Place of publication

Institute of Development Studies, Brighton

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  • Law Publications

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ISBN: 9781781184271

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Institute of Development Studies

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Legacy Posted Date

2018-01-30

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2021-08-24

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-01-30

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