Seldom are cattle used for beef. Women frequently care for small livestock - calves, chickens, rabbits while men care for large animals. The management of specific crops is often closely related to gender. In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, women are responsible for certain crops and have their own fields. Often these are subsistence crops, such as cassava, millet, vegetables.
Men are more involved with cash crops, rice, coffee and tea.
Even when crops are grown by women and men together, the related tasks may be gender-specific. In Sri Lanka, both men and women are actively involved in agriculture. Men, however, are primarily responsible for land preparation and chemical application, whereas women dominate other tasks -seeding, transplanting, weeding, harvesting and processing. As a result, when a tree plantation is introduced, for example, men may be responsible for clearing the land while women may have responsibility for carrying water. When agroforestry is introduced, women may need to spend time weeding around the trees while men may sell the goods produced and control the income.