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Gender issues in family poultry production systems in low-income food-deficit countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

E.F. Guèye
E.F. Guèye
Affiliation:
Research Scientist, Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), B.P. 2057, Dakar-Hann, Senegal, West Africa (efgueye@refer.sn).
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Abstract

Despite efforts to develop intensive poultry production, family poultry (FP) is still very important in low-income, food-deficit countries (LIFDCs). In LIFDCs, the keeping of poultry by local communities has been practiced for many generations. FP is an appropriate system for supplying the fast-growing human population with high-quality protein. It can also provide additional income to the generally resource-poor small farmers, especially women. Although requiring low levels of inputs, FP contributes significantly to food security, poverty alleviation and ecologically sound management of natural resources. FP is also a source of employment for underprivileged groups and less-favored areas in LIFDCs. Developing schemes that aim to promote and improve the FP sub-sector in a way that is sustainable must not underestimate the roles and contributions of women. However, getting new information to the front line of production requires more gender-disaggregated data. This paper stresses the need to design, implement, monitor and evaluate FP development programs by taking into account socio-cultural, especially gender, issues.

Keywords

family incomefamily poultrygendernutritionpoverty alleviation
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Research Article
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American Journal of Alternative Agriculture , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , December 2003 , pp. 185 - 195
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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