<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Involving women in research for economic growth through agricultural technologies and practices: ICRISAT’s initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa"^^ . "Although both men and women play substantial economic roles in the semi-arid\r\ntropics of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), in general women’s preponderant role in\r\nagricultural activities in the region cannot be ignored. Cultural norms in the\r\nregion have long encouraged women to be economically self-reliant and\r\ntraditionally give women substantial responsibility for agricultural production in\r\ntheir own right. Women in the region have relatively high overall labour-force\r\nparticipation rates and the highest average agricultural labour-force participation\r\nrates in the world. Thus, women farmers in the region, irrespective of their\r\nethnic group, substantially contribute to national agricultural production and food\r\nsecurity as they are primarily responsible for food crops – food production as well\r\nas processing. As an agricultural research institute ICRISAT’s initiatives and\r\nprograms are technology based; and as gender empowerment is high on ICRISAT’s\r\nagenda, most if not all of its projects and programs aim at addressing women\r\nwith new technologies and knowledge to reach higher agricultural outputs. These,\r\ncombined with other income generating activities are implemented with an aim to\r\nincrease women’s income and thus their autonomy and status. In this paper we\r\nhave taken some major ICRISAT initiatives in some countries of Western Central\r\nAfrica (Mali, Niger and Nigeria) to look in to the implications for economic\r\ngrowth – for women and their families. Three major initiatives led by ICRISAT\r\nare reported here: the Groundnut seed project (2003-2007), Tropical Legumes II in\r\nfirst phase (2008-2010), and the Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity\r\nEnhancement (HOPE) of Sorghum and Millets in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia\r\n(2009-2012). All these projects have specific activities targeting women and\r\ninvolve technology and crop/seed management practices that were intentionally\r\nwomen-centric with the aim of enhancing women’s capacities and skills in the\r\ntraditional tasks that they were responsible for, viz. cultivation of crops and seed\r\nproduction.\r\nKey words :"^^ . "2013" . . "24" . . "John Libbey Eurotext"^^ . . . "Secheresse"^^ . . . "11477806" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "C G"^^ . "Goodrich"^^ . "C G Goodrich"^^ . . "B R"^^ . "Ntare"^^ . "B R Ntare"^^ . . "E"^^ . "Weltzien"^^ . "E Weltzien"^^ . . "J"^^ . "Ndjeunga"^^ . "J Ndjeunga"^^ . . "H A"^^ . "Ajeigbe"^^ . "H A Ajeigbe"^^ . . . . . . "Involving women in research for economic growth through agricultural technologies and practices: ICRISAT’s initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Secheresse_2013_24_259-366.pdf"^^ . . . "Involving women in research for economic growth through agricultural technologies and practices: ICRISAT’s initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Involving women in research for economic growth through agricultural technologies and practices: ICRISAT’s initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Involving women in research for economic growth through agricultural technologies and practices: ICRISAT’s initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Involving women in research for economic growth through agricultural technologies and practices: ICRISAT’s initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Involving women in research for economic growth through agricultural technologies and practices: ICRISAT’s initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #7694 \n\nInvolving women in research for economic growth through agricultural technologies and practices: ICRISAT’s initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . .