Men and women in agriculture: closing the gap  Information and
extension  Good and timely information on new technologies and
techniques is essential for farmers when deciding whether or not
to adopt an innovation, and agricultural extension can lead to
significant yield increases.  Yet, extension provision in
developing economies remains low for both women and men, and
women tend to make less use than men of extension services.1
Extension service agents tend to approach male farmers more
often than female farmers because of the general misperception
that women do not farm and that extension advice will eventually
“trickle down” from the male household head to other members.
Time and transportation constraints and cultural reservations
can hinder women from participating in extension activities, and
in some social contexts where meetings between women and men
from outside the family nucleus are restricted, a lack of female
extension agents effectively bars women from participating. 
The way in which extensi