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The research upon which this paper was based was conducted by Donna Kerner in Kilimanjaro Region during 1983 and 1984 under a research assistantship and the Andrew Silk Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Donna Kerner was affiliated with the Department of Education at the University of Dar es Salaam and the Tanzania National Scientific Research Council as a research associate from 1982 to 1984. Kristy Cook was a Rotary Fellow in Tanzania, affiliated with the Department of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam from 1982 to 1984.

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Cook, K., Kerner, D.O. Gender and food shortage in Tanzania. Feminist Issues 9, 57–72 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02685603

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