Dissertation Research: Agricultural Development and the Division of Labor in a Sierra Leone Community

本论文研究项目将研究受农业发展计划影响的塞拉利昂社区性别分工。这项研究将检验发展面向男性的主张，以及这些项目为男性控制提供资源而使妇女在经济中处于边缘地位的主张。这个项目很重要，因为非洲妇女是许多地区的主要生产者，忽视她们在经济中传统重要作用的发展项目可能会削弱世界这一地区的粮食状况。

This dissertation research project will study the division of labor by sex in communities in Sierra Leone affected by agricultural development programs. The study will test the proposition that development is oriented towards males, and that the projects provide resources for men to control while marginalizing women in the economy. This project is important because African women are the main producers in many areas, and development projects which ignore their traditionally important role in the economy may tend to weaken the food situation in this part of the world.