TY - BOOK AU - Tanzarn,Nite ED - International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women ED - Makerere University. TI - Gender in agriculture and technology T2 - Gendered worlds series AV - HD6077.2.D44 I68 2005 U1 - 338.16 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Kampala, Uganda PB - Women and Gender Studies KW - Women in agriculture KW - Developing countries KW - Congresses KW - Women in technology N1 - CONTENTS PART ONE : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Information and communication technologies, culture and gender The Denial of women to contribute to the growth of mathematics Vera T. So's The Great Hungarian women mathematician PART TWO: AGRICULTURE Land , God, women: Women, land and property in traditional and modern societies- the case of Africa-Ruth Kark Gender variation un household economic activity and saving behaviour in Uganda- Paul Mpuga Aflatoxins in peanuts, the health risk versus the economic costa: The case of the Senegalese peanut basin-Colette Harris HIV/AIDS and agriculture in Africa: The woman's role in agricultural policy formulation and implementation-Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa Challenges and policy actions for increasing the effectiveness of professional women agricultural extension workers in Uganda-Margaret Najjingo Mangheni E.tc PART THREE: ENVIRONMENT Women's involvement in Grass roots environmental conservation groups; A case study from coastal kenya- Celia Nyamweru Sustainable Development: Women, Habitat and environment The role of women in soil fertility and water management in south western Nigerian PART FOUR: FOOD SECURITY Gender and food security- Nicholas Siwingwa Intra-household resource distribution and women's rolein ensuring food security in Kenya E.tc ; Includes bibliographical references and index ER -