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groups. In contrast, men’s groups work together on less frequent activities like
community infrastructure projects as well as in community boards and in exter-
nally facilitated projects. There is no significant difference among the group mem-
bers’ collaboration outside the group over agricultural activities (sowing, weeding
and harvesting) and NRM (fetching fuelwood and collecting water). The main
purpose of the group for collaboration is to also provide some insight into why
women’s groups meet more frequently. Access to monetary inputs or credit is the
main purpose for meeting for the women groups and tends to be more important

Figure 12.1 Meeting rate for men’s, mixed and women’s groups

Figure 12.2 Frequency of collaboration outside the group