Agnes Quisumbing|Lauren Pandolfelli
Promising Approaches to Address the Needs of Poor Female Farmers: Resources, Constraints, and Interventions
International Food Policy Research Institute|Stony Brook University|State University of New York
paper critically reviews recent attempts increase poor female farmers access control productive resources focusing subsaharan africa south asia surveys literature 1998 2008 describes interventions policy changes across several key agricultural resources compared interventions designed increase investment human capital minority interventions policy changes increasing female farmers access productive resources rigorously evaluated future interventions also need pay attention design alternative delivery mechanisms tradeoffs practical strategic gender needs culture contextspecificity gender roles