Edited Maithreyi Krishnaraj (1 results)
Published by Stree an imprint of Bhatkal and Sen, 2007
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Foreword/C.H. Hanumantha Rao. Preface/Mina Swaminathan. Introduction/Maithreyi Krishnaraj. List of contributions. I. Perspectives: 1. The feminization of agriculture and the marginalization of women\'s economic stake/Swarna Sadasivam Vepa. 2. Food security, agrarian crisis and rural livelihoo…ds: implications for women/Maithreyi Krishnaraj. 3. Agricultural diversification and poverty reduction: mainstreaming women/Amita Shah. 4. Commercialization, commodification and gender relations in post-harvest systems of rice in South Asia/Barbara Harriss-White. 5. Rendering livelihoods insecure: dowry and female seclusion in left developmental contexts: West Bengal and Kerala/Praveena Kodoth. 6. Land rights, gender equality and household food security: exploring the conceptual links in the case of India/Nitya Rao. II. Regional insights: 7. Livelihood patterns and food security: some case studies from Maharashtra/Alka Parikh and Pralhad Burli. 8. Attaining food and nutritional security in Rajasthan: some gender concerns/Kanchan Mathur. 9. The gendered context of vulnerability: coping/adapting to floods in Eastern India/Sara Ahmed. 10. Labour out-migration, livelihood of rice farming households and women left behind: a case study in Eastern Uttar Pradesh/Thelma Paris, Abha Singh, Joyce Luis and Mahabub Hossain. 11. Can an employment guarantee scheme guarantee livelihood and food security?/Aruna Kanchi. Index.
