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Seed firms accused of neglecting female farmers

February 26, 2016
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  • Seed firms focus research on major cash crops, such as maize and rice
  • But women prefer easily processed crops like peanuts and sweet potato
  • So female farmers benefit less from agricultural advances than men do

Read more on: SciDev.net (25 February 2016)

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