Women, Men, and Rice
Agricultural Innovation in Northwestern Liberia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2498520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerald E Currens (corresponding author), Gerald Currens |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 355-365 |
| Publication date | 1976-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.35.4.v170358063026823 |
| OpenAlex | W2072099724 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Cash cropping, the use of migrant labor, and the growing of swamp rice are three innovations recently adopted by some farmers in northwestern Liberia. The integration of these new features into the traditional agricultural system has been shaped by two major factors: (1) the priority given to the growing of upland rice on a household farm, but under environmental conditions that permit flexibility in the timing of tasks on this farm, and (2) the involvement of both men and women in agriculture, determined in part by the customary division of labor. A marked increase in the cultivation of additional, personal rice fields, particularly by women, has resulted from the availability of migrant labor and the new techniques for growing rice in inundated terrain. This personal farm, rather than the household farm, is the locus of an incipient commercialization of rice production. A concluding section discusses some implications for agricultural development
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Cash crop · Commercialization · Cropping · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Rice farming · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 2010 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |