Agricultural extension in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: does gender matter?
研究了刚果民主共和国南基伍省农业推广项目中女性参与对三种技术采纳的影响，发现男女共同参与采纳率最高，女性参与对资本密集型技术不利，但对劳动密集型技术有利。
Agricultural extension programmes often evaluate their gender strategy by the proportion of female participants. However, female participation is not necessarily conducive for reaching programme objectives. We analyse whether participation of female farmers in an agricultural extension programme in South-Kivu increases adoption of three technologies: improved legume varieties, row planting and mineral fertiliser. Joint male and female programme participation leads to the highest adoption rates. Female participation is not conducive for the adoption of capital-intensive technologies while it is for (female) labour-intensive technologies. Participation of female-headed households is more effective for technology adoption than participation of female farmers in male-headed households.