Changes needed in agricultural policy for female-headed farm families in tropical Africa
指出结构调整政策虽提高了热带非洲农业产量，但女性户主家庭因缺乏劳动力、信贷和技术支持而受益有限，需针对性政策如改善推广服务、提供信贷和劳动节约型设备来提升其收入和生活水平。
The decline in per-capita agricultural production has been reversed somewhat in tropical Africa by the structural adjustment programs which have increased producer prices, liberalized marketing and devalued currencies. But the 300Jo of smallholder farm households which are female-headed will not be assited much due to their special constraints of shortages of labor and credit, lack of extension visits and appropriate labor-saving technologies. For these households, the authors argue, improved extension services, credit for agricultural inputs, small ruminant animals and poultry, labor-saving devices and craft inputs will be necessary to increase their incomes and levels of living.