Access to agricultural market information by rural women: a case study of Telenesti district in Central region of the Republic of Moldova

• Main Author: Kupková, Anna
• Other Authors: Kandakov, Alexander
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-257700

This thesis was focused mainly on the significance of access to agricultural market information by rural women and its impact to women´s agricultural productivity. Thesis also identified women´s role in agriculture, and analyzed accessibility, sources and utilization of agricultural market information. Research was conducted in Telenesti district in Central region of the Republic of Moldova, specifically in three selected communes Cazanesti, Brinzenii and Chitcani Vechi. A linear regression model was used to estimate relationship between annual agricultural production quantity expressed in money (MDL) and number of men within household, number of women within household, size of owned agricultural land and agricultural information usage by rural women. Number of women in household and agricultural market information by rural women did not have real impact to annual agricultural production quantity expressed in money. Agricultural market information were easily accessible for rural women in Telenesti district, and usage of agricultural market information was highly popular.