Includes bibliographical references and index.

Integrating social and gender analysis into natural resource management research / Ronnie Vernooy and Liz Fajber -- The social and gendered nature of ginger production and commercialization: a case study of the Rai, Lepcha and Brahmin-Chhetri in Sikkim and Kalimpong, West Bengal, India / Chanda Gurung and Nawraj Gurung -- Strengthening market linkages for women vegetable vendors: experiences from Kohima, Nagaland, India / Vengota Nakro and Chozhule Kikhi -- Enhancing farmers' marketing capacity and strengthening the local seed system: action research for the conservation and use of agrobiodiversity in Bara District, Nepal / Deepa Singh, Anil Subedi and Pitamber Shrestha -- Empowering women farmers and strengthening the local seed system: action research in Guangxi, China / Yiching Song and Linxiu Zhang with Ronnie Vernooy -- Creating opportunities for change: strengthening the social capital of women and the poor in Upland Communities in Hue, Viet Nam / Hoang Thi Sen and Le Van An -- Herder women speak out: towards more equitable co-management of grasslands and other natural resources in Mongolia / H. Ykhanbai, Ts. Odgerel, E. Bulgan and B. Naranchimeg -- Similarities and differences: from improved understanding to social transformations / Ronnie Vernooy and Linxiu Zhang -- Social and gender analysis is essential, not optional: enhanced capacities and remaining challenges / Ronnie Vernooy and Linxiu Zhang.