Leelasena, W.M. (author) and Dhammika, Chitrani (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
Sri Lanka
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00562
Notes:
Pages 127-141 in Marilyn Carr, Martha Chen and Renana Jhabvala (eds.) Speaking out: women's economic empowerment in South Asia. Intermediate Technology Publications, London, UK. On behalf of Aga Khan Foundation Canada and United Nations Development Fund for Women. 238 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37110
Notes:
See C37105 for original, Pages 261-275 in Alessandro Bonanno, Hans Bakker, Raymond Jussaume, Yoshio Kawamura and Mark Shucksmith (eds.), From community to consumption: new and classical themes in rural sociological research. Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Volume 16. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., Bingley, U.K. 275 pages., Case study of the "Rural Heroines Exciting Network" - one of the first national networks of women farmers in Japan.
Online from publisher. 3 pages., Activities and achievements of the California Women's Association, a volunteer organization of women concerned about challenges to California agriculture. Consists of 21 local chapters that focus on promoting agriculture locally and providing scholarships to students majoring in farming-related majors.
Summarizes a presentation by Russell Thackrey, executive secretary of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, at the recent AAACE conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
