Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research
Breeding is a technical pillar of CGIAR research: the animal/fish breeds, and plant varieties developed are international public goods that contribute to agricultural development for low-income contexts worldwide. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical social dimensions underpinning ag...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Polar, Vivian Mohan, Rohini Ram McDougall, Cynthia Teeken, Béla Mulema, Annet A. Marimo, Pricilla Yila, Jummai Othniel |
| author_browse | Marimo, Pricilla McDougall, Cynthia Mohan, Rohini Ram Mulema, Annet A. Polar, Vivian Teeken, Béla Yila, Jummai Othniel |
| author_facet | Polar, Vivian Mohan, Rohini Ram McDougall, Cynthia Teeken, Béla Mulema, Annet A. Marimo, Pricilla Yila, Jummai Othniel |
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| description | Breeding is a technical pillar of CGIAR research: the animal/fish breeds, and plant varieties developed are international public goods that contribute to agricultural development for low-income contexts worldwide. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical social dimensions underpinning agricultural development in these contexts. Progressing toward gender equality in agriculture requires that women, as well as men, have equal capabilities to make decisions about agricultural innovation, and specifically technology choice. Current evidence, however, suggests the situation here is not yet equal. Nevertheless, despite ongoing inequalities, there is a dearth of literature on the connection between gender and breeding in agricultural research. This chapter critically examines what has been done to address gender dynamics in (current) breeding structures and processes, and what more can be done so that breeding programs contribute to advancing gender equality. We are specifically concerned with technology choices in relation to the plant variety or animal/fish breed by resource-poor smallholders in low-income countries. The chapter explores how CGIAR and public breeding programs generate options based on user needs, preferences, and constraints, and the institutional requirements needed to develop them in such a way that they contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1160252025-11-06T17:18:24Z Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research Polar, Vivian Mohan, Rohini Ram McDougall, Cynthia Teeken, Béla Mulema, Annet A. Marimo, Pricilla Yila, Jummai Othniel gender gender equality agricultural research research agriculture environment women breeding Breeding is a technical pillar of CGIAR research: the animal/fish breeds, and plant varieties developed are international public goods that contribute to agricultural development for low-income contexts worldwide. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical social dimensions underpinning agricultural development in these contexts. Progressing toward gender equality in agriculture requires that women, as well as men, have equal capabilities to make decisions about agricultural innovation, and specifically technology choice. Current evidence, however, suggests the situation here is not yet equal. Nevertheless, despite ongoing inequalities, there is a dearth of literature on the connection between gender and breeding in agricultural research. This chapter critically examines what has been done to address gender dynamics in (current) breeding structures and processes, and what more can be done so that breeding programs contribute to advancing gender equality. We are specifically concerned with technology choices in relation to the plant variety or animal/fish breed by resource-poor smallholders in low-income countries. The chapter explores how CGIAR and public breeding programs generate options based on user needs, preferences, and constraints, and the institutional requirements needed to develop them in such a way that they contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment. 2021-11 2021-11-12T11:04:14Z 2021-11-12T11:04:14Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116025 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116021 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294202 Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Polar, Vivian; Mohan, Rohini Ram; McDougall, Cynthia; Teeken, Béla; Mulema, Annet Abenakyo; Marimo, Pricilla; and Yila, Jummai Othniel. 2021. Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research. In Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future, eds. Rhiannon Pyburn, and Anouka van Eerdewijk. Chapter 2, Pp. 77-111. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293915_02. |
| spellingShingle | gender gender equality agricultural research research agriculture environment women breeding Polar, Vivian Mohan, Rohini Ram McDougall, Cynthia Teeken, Béla Mulema, Annet A. Marimo, Pricilla Yila, Jummai Othniel Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research |
| title | Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research |
| title_full | Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research |
| title_fullStr | Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research |
| title_short | Examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research |
| title_sort | examining choice to advance gender equality in breeding research |
| topic | gender gender equality agricultural research research agriculture environment women breeding |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116025 |
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