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Then And Now: Ten Years Of Arkansas Women In Agriculture, Paige Morgan Acklie
Then And Now: Ten Years Of Arkansas Women In Agriculture, Paige Morgan Acklie
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Undergraduate Honors Theses
The United States Agricultural Census show that between 2002 and 2012, the number of farm women operators in Arkansas grew 14 percent (from 19,856 to 22,637). These women operators have made up an increasingly larger percent of all farm operators in the state (from almost 29% to nearly 33%). There is little published information regarding how women’s roles, challenges and factors important to their success may have changed over time. While some surveys of farm women have been conducted, these surveys are generally insufficient because data exist only for one point in time.
This research uses the first, middle and …
Fearless: Adrienne Ellis, Adrienne M. Ellis
Fearless: Adrienne Ellis, Adrienne M. Ellis
SURGE
Taking the initiative to change college policies related to LGBTQ issues, restructuring a sustainable community garden in Gettysburg over the summer, and continually being motivated to change and challenge the powers that be through her love of people, Adrienne Ellis ’14 fearlessly fights for what she believes to help the people she loves— everybody. [excerpt]
Diversification Or Cotton Recovery In The Malian Cotton Zone: Effects On Households And Women, Jeanne Yekeleya Coulibaly
Diversification Or Cotton Recovery In The Malian Cotton Zone: Effects On Households And Women, Jeanne Yekeleya Coulibaly
INTSORMIL Scientific Publications
This dissertation investigates income diversification alternatives from the cotton economy and compares those initiatives with present policy measures to restore the cotton sector in Mali. It also derives the welfare implications for women of these various policy measures.
During the decade preceding 2011, farmers’ incomes in the cotton zone of Mali have been significantly affected by the downturn of the cotton economy explained by many factors including the low farm gate cotton price, the declining cotton yields and soil fertility concerns. In 2011, the Malian government substantially increased the farm gate cotton price as a result of the world cotton …
The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1889 -- Vol. 11, No. 02, Phi Sigma
The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1889 -- Vol. 11, No. 02, Phi Sigma
The Voice of the Phi Sigma
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