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Access, control and ownership: Women and sustainable environmental management in Africa

This paper addresses concerns raised about women’s changing roles in the face of biotechnology innovation in agriculture, women perform many tasks associated with environmental management and play a major role in the agricultural sector which forms the economic mainstay of most African countries. Biotechnology innovation leading to production of seeds for planting and the undermining of local varieties may further remove women from the tools they need to perform their multiple tasks of production and reproduction.

By: Patricia Kameri Mbote

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