Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems

Nature-positive solutions (NPS) seek to address the negative effects of climate change, restore biodiversity, and sustainably manage land and water resources through strategies implemented at farm and community levels, drawing on both traditional and scientific knowledge, while ensuring that agricul...

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Autores principales: Kinuthia, Dickson, Wallin, Elsa, Bryan, Elizabeth, Davis, Kristin E., Oingo, Balentine
Formato: Ponencia
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136944
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author Kinuthia, Dickson
Wallin, Elsa
Bryan, Elizabeth
Davis, Kristin E.
Oingo, Balentine
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Davis, Kristin E.
Kinuthia, Dickson
Oingo, Balentine
Wallin, Elsa
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Wallin, Elsa
Bryan, Elizabeth
Davis, Kristin E.
Oingo, Balentine
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description Nature-positive solutions (NPS) seek to address the negative effects of climate change, restore biodiversity, and sustainably manage land and water resources through strategies implemented at farm and community levels, drawing on both traditional and scientific knowledge, while ensuring that agriculture stays within planetary boundaries. Given gender differences in livelihood roles, control over resources, and influence over livelihood decisions, men and women have different needs from and preferences for nature-positive solutions. Moreover, production choices within agri-food systems have differential implications for men and women, including their labor burden and exposure to health hazards from unsustainable farming practices. The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions is conducting a study in Colombia, India, Kenya and Vietnam using mixed methods to understand the gender-differentiated perceptions of NPS and the incentives for and barriers to their implementation. Preliminary results from Kenya indicate that women play critical roles in forest restoration and soil fertility improvement, among other practices. However, women continue to face constraints to accessing productive resources and services—such as land, finance and extension services—and have more limited decision-making authority over production and spending decisions despite their significant contributions. Accelerating the uptake of NPS requires addressing these gendered constraints to adopting these practices. This study suggests this can be accomplished by promoting solutions such as NPS gendered-training, and ensuring that women have the resources and services to support their uptake, leading to more resilient and sustainable agri-food systems.
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spelling CGSpace1369442025-11-06T05:48:29Z Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems Kinuthia, Dickson Wallin, Elsa Bryan, Elizabeth Davis, Kristin E. Oingo, Balentine gender agriculture research nature-based systems Nature-positive solutions (NPS) seek to address the negative effects of climate change, restore biodiversity, and sustainably manage land and water resources through strategies implemented at farm and community levels, drawing on both traditional and scientific knowledge, while ensuring that agriculture stays within planetary boundaries. Given gender differences in livelihood roles, control over resources, and influence over livelihood decisions, men and women have different needs from and preferences for nature-positive solutions. Moreover, production choices within agri-food systems have differential implications for men and women, including their labor burden and exposure to health hazards from unsustainable farming practices. The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions is conducting a study in Colombia, India, Kenya and Vietnam using mixed methods to understand the gender-differentiated perceptions of NPS and the incentives for and barriers to their implementation. Preliminary results from Kenya indicate that women play critical roles in forest restoration and soil fertility improvement, among other practices. However, women continue to face constraints to accessing productive resources and services—such as land, finance and extension services—and have more limited decision-making authority over production and spending decisions despite their significant contributions. Accelerating the uptake of NPS requires addressing these gendered constraints to adopting these practices. This study suggests this can be accomplished by promoting solutions such as NPS gendered-training, and ensuring that women have the resources and services to support their uptake, leading to more resilient and sustainable agri-food systems. 2023-10-09 2024-01-04T12:46:28Z 2024-01-04T12:46:28Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136944 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kinuthia, Dickson; Wallin, Elsa; Bryan, Elizabeth; Davis, Kristin; Oingo, Balentine. 2023. Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136944
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Wallin, Elsa
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Davis, Kristin E.
Oingo, Balentine
Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems
title Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems
title_full Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems
title_fullStr Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems
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title_short Gender-responsive nature-positive solutions for resilient agri-food systems
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agriculture
research
nature-based systems
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136944
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