Trying to Grow - Gender Relations and Agricultural Innovations in Northern Ghana (Rurale Geschlechterforschung)

Studies on the cultivation of cowpeas, onions, and soybeans show that supposedly gender-neutral agricultural innovations become contested fields when men and women are "Trying to Grow." This study throws a fresh light on knowledge about how agriculture is managed in developing countries, using Ghana as a case study. It explores negotiations at both the inter- and intrafaces of knowledge and gender, to reveal how innovations in agriculture transform existing gender relations. The study concludes that contextualization and social connotation of a crop decides a woman's participation in rural development.Martina Aruna Padmanabhan is the author of 'Trying to Grow - Gender Relations and Agricultural Innovations in Northern Ghana (Rurale Geschlechterforschung)', published 2002 under ISBN 9783825863685 and ISBN 3825863689.