Social and gender analysis in natural resource management : learning studies and lessons from Asia / / edited by Ronnie Vernooy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457675203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : SAGE, 2006
• ISBN: 93-5280-262-4; 93-5280-557-7; 1-280-71818-8; 9786610718184; 1-55250-218-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): VernooyRonnie <1963->
• Disciplina: 333.708095
• Soggetti: Rural development - Asia; Women in development - Asia; Natural resources - Management - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Integrating social and gender analysis into natural resource management research / Ronnie Vernooy and Liz Fajber -- The social and gendered nature of ginger production and commercialization: a case study of the Rai, Lepcha and Brahmin-Chhetri in Sikkim and Kalimpong, West Bengal, India / Chanda Gurung and Nawraj Gurung -- Strengthening market linkages for women vegetable vendors: experiences from Kohima, Nagaland, India / Vengota Nakro and Chozhule Kikhi -- Enhancing farmers' marketing capacity and strengthening the local seed system: action research for the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity in Bara District, Nepal / Deepa Singh, Anil Subedi and Pitamber Shrestha -- Empowering women farmers and strengthening the local seed system: action research in Guangxi, China / Yiching Song and Linxiu Zhang with Ronnie Vernooy -- Creating opportunities for change: strengthening the social capital of women and the poor in Upland Communities in Hue, Viet Nam / Hoang Thi Sen and Le Van An -- Herder women speak out: towards more equitable co-management of grasslands and other natural ; resources in Mongolia / H. Ykhanbai, Ts. Odgerel, E. Bulgan and B. Naranchimeg -- Similarities and differences: from improved understanding to social transformations / Ronnie Vernooy and Linxiu Zhang -- Social and gender analysis is essential, not optional: enhanced capacities and remaining challenges / Ronnie Vernooy and Linxiu Zhang.
• Sommario/riassunto: Presents encounters with rural men and women in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries working for local and national governments and for non-governmental organizations. This book includes six case studies that highlight the diversity of efforts to integrate social and gender analysis into natural resource management research.