The germinal work in this area is Danish economist Ester Boserup's The Conditions of Agricultural Growth (1965). Upon that revolutionizing book, has developed a huge field of research on, yes, agriculture, development, gender roles, discrimination, women's empowerment. Another important book is the classic by Patty Stamp: Technology, Gender, and Power in Africa (1989). You could also take a look at Boserup's more recent The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change (2005). There are also a whole raft of case studies and globally-oriented projects coming out of UNWomen, the World Bank, OECD, etc. This is a huge literature - I'm sure if you do a proper lit reveiw, you will have no trouble finding LOTS of work.

I agree with Heather, Boserup is the primary source, but if you are interested in development and agriculture Naila Kabeer makes a critical analysis of the Millennium development goal in "Gender Mainstreaming in poverty eradication and the Millennium Develpment Goal". The World Bank and IFAD have a new Sourcebook available on-line http://www.genderinag.org/content/gender-agriculture-sourcebook

I´m kind of beginner in these readings, but I found some sources of reading in the web and I downloaded them for further reading.

See if you like something:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i3153e/i3153e.pdf

(A tool for gender-sensitive agriculture and rural development policy and programme formulation)

http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i3205e/i3205e.pdf

(FAO POLICY ON GENDER EQUALITY)

http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/gender/docs/FAO_FinalGender_Policy_2012.pdf

(Attaining Food Security Goals in Agriculture and Rural Development)

http://www.fao.org/gender/gender-home/gender-resources/gender-publications/en/

http://www.fao.org/sofa/gender/en/

http://www.fao.org/gender/gender-home/en/?no_cache=1

Hope I´ve helped you!

1. Gender-based inequalities constrain women’s ability to participate in efforts to enhance agricultural production and reduce poverty and food insecurity.

http://gas.sagepub.com/content/25/1/48.abstract

2. Women play a crucial role in all farm-related activities from land preparation to marketing. They contribute a higher proportion of labor in agricultural sector than men. However, they are not active in decision making.

http://gtd.sagepub.com/content/14/3/441.abstract

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http://books.google.pl/books?hl=en&lr=&id=F8wZ7uFGis4C&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=%22The+Land+It%27s+Everything:+Women+Farmland+Owners+and+the+Institution+of+Agricultural+Conservation+in+the+U.S.+Midwest%22+Eells&ots=xajflPDCz8&sig=LtcdHR3eCmjjrdFWcVYIHUr4NxM&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Land%20It's%20Everything%3A%20Women%20Farmland%20Owners%20and%20the%20Institution%20of%20Agricultural%20Conservation%20in%20the%20U.S.%20Midwest%22%20Eells&f=false

Gender differences in access and use of selected productive resources among sweet potato farmers in Uganda, full text in attachment

I'm an Agricultural engineer, I hope you like something

Best regards

http://www.agricultureandfoodsecurity.com/content/3/1/1

Check Carmen DIana Deere's work. She has published many articles and books, but her most recent look at gender and agricultural landholdings is co-authored in the special issue of Latin American Perspectives on Violence Against Women in Latin America (2014).

Yes, i did a gender based study on cassava processors. I do not know if you can find it useful. Please take a look .