Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya

The aim of this study is to understand the role of climate-smart villages (CSVs) in promoting genderempowerment and equality in East Africa. This paper uses data collected from 280 and 305 randomlyselected farm household heads in Doyogena (Ethiopia) and Nyando (Kenya), respectively. To analysethe da...

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Autores principales: Tesfaye, Abonesh, Radeny, Maren A.O., Ogada, Maurice Juma, Recha, John W.M., Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Chanana, Nitya, Huyer, Sophia, Demeke, Getamesay, Solomon, Dawit
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Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126510
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author Tesfaye, Abonesh
Radeny, Maren A.O.
Ogada, Maurice Juma
Recha, John W.M.
Ambaw, Gebermedihin
Chanana, Nitya
Huyer, Sophia
Demeke, Getamesay
Solomon, Dawit
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Chanana, Nitya
Demeke, Getamesay
Huyer, Sophia
Ogada, Maurice Juma
Radeny, Maren A.O.
Recha, John W.M.
Solomon, Dawit
Tesfaye, Abonesh
author_facet Tesfaye, Abonesh
Radeny, Maren A.O.
Ogada, Maurice Juma
Recha, John W.M.
Ambaw, Gebermedihin
Chanana, Nitya
Huyer, Sophia
Demeke, Getamesay
Solomon, Dawit
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description The aim of this study is to understand the role of climate-smart villages (CSVs) in promoting genderempowerment and equality in East Africa. This paper uses data collected from 280 and 305 randomlyselected farm household heads in Doyogena (Ethiopia) and Nyando (Kenya), respectively. To analysethe data, the gender empowerment index for climate resilient agriculture (GEI-CRA) and the genderparity index (GPI) were constructed based on guidelines from the literature. In both Doyogena andNyando, households in CSVs scored higher GEI. Comparing men and women in the CSVs, womenwere found to be more empowered compared to men and comparing between the two sites,household heads in Doyogena were more empowered than those in Nyando. Regarding gender parityindex (GPI), in both sites, majority of the women in the empowered households in CSVs were either atequal status with men or even at higher status than men. Thesefindings shed light on the potentialof CSVs in enhancing gender empowerment and promoting gender equality. The positivecontribution of CSVs may guide policymakers to scale up these practices with a better-targetedapproach that recognize and adequately address the implementation of CSA practices so that menand women can equally benefit.
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spelling CGSpace1265102025-11-13T10:39:01Z Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya Tesfaye, Abonesh Radeny, Maren A.O. Ogada, Maurice Juma Recha, John W.M. Ambaw, Gebermedihin Chanana, Nitya Huyer, Sophia Demeke, Getamesay Solomon, Dawit climate-smart agriculture gender empowerment gender equality agriculture The aim of this study is to understand the role of climate-smart villages (CSVs) in promoting genderempowerment and equality in East Africa. This paper uses data collected from 280 and 305 randomlyselected farm household heads in Doyogena (Ethiopia) and Nyando (Kenya), respectively. To analysethe data, the gender empowerment index for climate resilient agriculture (GEI-CRA) and the genderparity index (GPI) were constructed based on guidelines from the literature. In both Doyogena andNyando, households in CSVs scored higher GEI. Comparing men and women in the CSVs, womenwere found to be more empowered compared to men and comparing between the two sites,household heads in Doyogena were more empowered than those in Nyando. Regarding gender parityindex (GPI), in both sites, majority of the women in the empowered households in CSVs were either atequal status with men or even at higher status than men. Thesefindings shed light on the potentialof CSVs in enhancing gender empowerment and promoting gender equality. The positivecontribution of CSVs may guide policymakers to scale up these practices with a better-targetedapproach that recognize and adequately address the implementation of CSA practices so that menand women can equally benefit. 2023-10-21 2023-01-03T15:36:44Z 2023-01-03T15:36:44Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126510 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Tesfaye A, Radeny M, Ogada MJ, Recha JW, Ambaw G, Chanana N, Huyer S, Demeke G, Solomon D. 2022. Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya. Climate and Development.
spellingShingle climate-smart agriculture
gender
empowerment
gender equality
agriculture
Tesfaye, Abonesh
Radeny, Maren A.O.
Ogada, Maurice Juma
Recha, John W.M.
Ambaw, Gebermedihin
Chanana, Nitya
Huyer, Sophia
Demeke, Getamesay
Solomon, Dawit
Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya
title Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya
title_full Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya
title_fullStr Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya
title_short Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa: evidence from climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and Kenya
title_sort gender empowerment and parity in east africa evidence from climate smart agriculture in ethiopia and kenya
topic climate-smart agriculture
gender
empowerment
gender equality
agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126510
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