AFRICAN STUDIES QUARTERLY

African Studies Quarterly
Volume 6, Issue 1&2


SPECIAL ISSUE: GENDER AND SOIL FERTILITY IN AFRICA


Guest Editors:
Christina H. Gladwin, Lin Cassidy, Parakh N. Hoon


Articles

Introduction to Gender and Soil Fertility in Africa
Christina H. Gladwin

Gendered Evidence of the Decline of Soil Fertility and Agricultural Productivity in Africa

Gender and Soil Fertility in Uganda: A Comparison of Soil Fertility Indicators on Women’s and Men’s Agricultural Plots
Peter Nkedi-Kizza, Jacob Aniku, Kafui Awuma, and Christina H. Gladwin

Gender and Soil Fertility Management in Mbale District, Southeastern Uganda
Abe Goldman and Kathleen Heldenbrand

Diminishing choices: Gender and Household Food Security Decisions in Malawi
Robert Uttaro

Gendered Scripts and Declining Soil fertility in Southern Ethiopia
Michael Dougherty

Testing A Diversity of Solutions for a Diversity of Farmers

Gender, Household Composition, and Adoption of Soil Fertility Technologies: A Study of Women Rice Farmers in Southern Senegal
Amy J. Sullivan


The Effect of Cash Cropping, Credit, and Household Composition on Food Security in Southern Malawi
Andrea S. Anderson

Vouchers versus Grants: Evidence from Malawi’s Starter Pack Program
Amy E. Gough, Peter E. Hildebrand, and Christina H. Gladwin


Gender Analysis of a Nationwide Cropping System Trial Survey in Malawi

Robert A. Gilbert, Webster D. Sakala, and Todd D. Benson


Agroforestry Innovations in Africa: Can they Improve Soil Fertility on Women Farmers’ Fields?
Christina H. Gladwin, Jennifer S. Peterson, and Robert Uttaro

Modeling Agroforestry Adoption and Household Decision Making in Malawi
Paul H. Thangata, Peter E. Hildebrand, and Christina H. Gladwin

Gender-sensitive LP Models in Soil Fertility Research for Smallholder Farmers: Reaching de jure Female Headed Households in Zimbabwe
Maxwell Mudhara, Peter E. Hildebrand, and Christina H. Gladwin

Conclusion and Implications for Policy

Is Fertilizer a Public or Private Good in Africa? An Opinion Piece
Christina Gladwin, Alan Randall, Andrew Schmidt, and G. Edward Schuh

Book Reviews

Shady Practices: Agroforestry and Gender Politics in The Gambia.
Richard A. Schroeder. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Pp. 172.
James T. Murphy

Ethiopia: A Post-Cold War African State.
Theodore M. Vestal. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999. Pp. 229.

Ethiopia: A New Start?
Kjetil Tronvoll. UK: Minority Rights Group International, 2000. Pp. 36.
Olufemi A. Akinola

State Legitimacy and Development in Africa. .
Pierre Englebert. Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 2000. Pp. 244.
Brendan McSherry

Do I Still Have a Life? Voices from the Aftermath of War in Rwanda and Burundi.
John M. Janzen & Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 2000. Pp. 234.
Saskia Van Hoyweghen

State, Civil Society and Apartheid: An Examination of Dutch Reformed Church-State Relations.
Tracy Kuperus. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Pp. 211.
Lyn Graybill

Textual Politics from Slavery to Postcolonialism: Race and Identification.
Carl Plasa. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Pp. 172.
Samantha Manchester Earley

Staff

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