Barbara Rischkowsky
Biographic Data
| ID | 92831 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Rischkowsky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Rischkowsky |
| SIGNATURE | RISCHKOWSKY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Göttingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0035-471X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gender Roles in Agriculture
Technological interventions aiming to improve livelihoods that bring gender equity can become successful only when the prevailing gender roles in society and access to different livelihood opportunities are fully understood. This article analyses gender roles in agriculture in the conservative patriarchal society of Afghanistan. Rapid appraisal was conducted through focus group interviews, participatory resource mapping, and so on, in seven villa…
Valuing cattle on mixed smallholdings in the Eastern Amazon
Socio-economic determinants of keeping goats and sheep by rural people in southern Benin
An understanding of factors influencing the decision of rural people to keep sheep and/or goats is crucial when formulating technologies and policies that support village-based small ruminant production. The knowledge of such factors will also improve assessment of impact intervention strategies on the livelihoods of rural people. Structured questionnaires administered in 228 households were used to study the ownership patterns of small ruminants…
Towards Endogenous Livestock Development
Urban Sheep Keeping in West Africa
Rapid urbanization in Africa leads to a spatial concentration of people with different cultural origins and socioeconomic backgrounds resulting in a great diversity of life styles and livelihood strategies. One common strategy in Maroua/Cameroon and Bobo-Dioulasso/Burkina Faso is urban sheep keeping. Cluster analyses identified distinct socioeconomic groups with similarities between the towns: traditional livestock keepers, households headed by w…
Economic evaluation of smallholder subsistence livestock production
Towards Endogenous Livestock Development
Socio-economic determinants of keeping goats and sheep by rural people in southern Benin
An understanding of factors influencing the decision of rural people to keep sheep and/or goats is crucial when formulating technologies and policies that support village-based small ruminant production. The knowledge of such factors will also improve assessment of impact intervention strategies on the livelihoods of rural people. Structured questionnaires administered in 228 households were used to study the ownership patterns of small ruminants…
Economic evaluation of smallholder subsistence livestock production
Urban Sheep Keeping in West Africa
Rapid urbanization in Africa leads to a spatial concentration of people with different cultural origins and socioeconomic backgrounds resulting in a great diversity of life styles and livelihood strategies. One common strategy in Maroua/Cameroon and Bobo-Dioulasso/Burkina Faso is urban sheep keeping. Cluster analyses identified distinct socioeconomic groups with similarities between the towns: traditional livestock keepers, households headed by w…
Socio-economic determinants of keeping goats and sheep by rural people in southern Benin
An understanding of factors influencing the decision of rural people to keep sheep and/or goats is crucial when formulating technologies and policies that support village-based small ruminant production. The knowledge of such factors will also improve assessment of impact intervention strategies on the livelihoods of rural people. Structured questionnaires administered in 228 households were used to study the ownership patterns of small ruminants…
Towards Endogenous Livestock Development
Valuing cattle on mixed smallholdings in the Eastern Amazon
Gender Roles in Agriculture
Technological interventions aiming to improve livelihoods that bring gender equity can become successful only when the prevailing gender roles in society and access to different livelihood opportunities are fully understood. This article analyses gender roles in agriculture in the conservative patriarchal society of Afghanistan. Rapid appraisal was conducted through focus group interviews, participatory resource mapping, and so on, in seven villa…
Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Livestock (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Livelihood (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Productivity (3 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (3 works)