Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi

Increasing agricultural productivity, food security and nutrition require inclusive seed systems that delivers quality seed to farmers. However, seed systems development in sub-Saharan Africa often focuses on needs of the large commercial producers, rather than the needs of the smallholder farmers,...

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Autores principales: Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu
Formato: Informe técnico
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Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128218
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author Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh
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description Increasing agricultural productivity, food security and nutrition require inclusive seed systems that delivers quality seed to farmers. However, seed systems development in sub-Saharan Africa often focuses on needs of the large commercial producers, rather than the needs of the smallholder farmers, especially women. This study assessed gender issues in Burundi's seed common bean seed sector to generate gender-specific indicators that can guide development of inclusive seed systems. The results indicated that despite women allocating more land areas to bean varieties, they had limited array of sources of seed and accessed lower volumes of seed from formal outlets. Increasing access to agricultural extension services and training for women, ensuring that women farmers have access to quality seed varieties, providing access to financial services, such as credit and loans, for women farmers, and increasing access to markets for women farmers could enable Burundi seed systems to become more gender inclusive.
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spelling CGSpace1282182025-11-05T12:42:07Z Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu gender equality seed systems agriculture social participation common beans farming systems land allocation Increasing agricultural productivity, food security and nutrition require inclusive seed systems that delivers quality seed to farmers. However, seed systems development in sub-Saharan Africa often focuses on needs of the large commercial producers, rather than the needs of the smallholder farmers, especially women. This study assessed gender issues in Burundi's seed common bean seed sector to generate gender-specific indicators that can guide development of inclusive seed systems. The results indicated that despite women allocating more land areas to bean varieties, they had limited array of sources of seed and accessed lower volumes of seed from formal outlets. Increasing access to agricultural extension services and training for women, ensuring that women farmers have access to quality seed varieties, providing access to financial services, such as credit and loans, for women farmers, and increasing access to markets for women farmers could enable Burundi seed systems to become more gender inclusive. 2022 2023-01-25T15:33:01Z 2023-01-25T15:33:01Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128218 en Open Access application/pdf Nchanji, E.B.; Lutomia, C.K. (2022) Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi. 12 p.
spellingShingle gender equality
seed systems
agriculture
social participation
common beans
farming systems
land allocation
Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh
Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu
Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi
title Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi
title_full Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi
title_fullStr Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi
title_full_unstemmed Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi
title_short Gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in Burundi
title_sort gender and social inclusivity analysis in the common bean seed system in burundi
topic gender equality
seed systems
agriculture
social participation
common beans
farming systems
land allocation
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128218
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