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new seeds and women’s welfare johanna bergman lodin dept of human geography lund university sweden [email_address] the case of nerica upland rice and gendered labor dynamics in hoima district, uganda irrc28, hanoi, november 9, 2010
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bird scaring respondents’ voices
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weeding respondents’ voices
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crop performance & weed prevalence if farmers weed thrice instead of once, they can realize almost 2.5 times as high nerica yields NaCCRI (cereals program, the national crops resources research institute). 2009. “upland rice cultivation guide”. national agricultural research organization (NARO) and japan international cooperation agency (JICA).
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New seeds and women\'s welfare - The case of NERICA upland rice and gendered labor dynamics in Hoima District, Uganda

  • 1. new seeds and women’s welfare johanna bergman lodin dept of human geography lund university sweden [email_address] the case of nerica upland rice and gendered labor dynamics in hoima district, uganda irrc28, hanoi, november 9, 2010
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  • 13. crop performance & weed prevalence if farmers weed thrice instead of once, they can realize almost 2.5 times as high nerica yields NaCCRI (cereals program, the national crops resources research institute). 2009. “upland rice cultivation guide”. national agricultural research organization (NARO) and japan international cooperation agency (JICA).
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