Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems

Globally, women are dominantly employed in the agriculture food systems, which is a critical source of livelihood for women as compared to men. As a result, it becomes crucial to brainstorm, design and innovate strategies and approaches that are gender responsive and equally create a conducive platf...

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Autores principales: Munshi, Sugandha, Kumar, Ashok, Kumar, Virender
Formato: Póster
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Rice Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137100
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author Munshi, Sugandha
Kumar, Ashok
Kumar, Virender
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Kumar, Ashok
Kumar, Virender
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description Globally, women are dominantly employed in the agriculture food systems, which is a critical source of livelihood for women as compared to men. As a result, it becomes crucial to brainstorm, design and innovate strategies and approaches that are gender responsive and equally create a conducive platform for transformative agri-food systems. The role of social capital and the local/traditional system becomes critical to have a sustainable approach toward achieving the goal of an inclusive agriculture system where women have an equal and level playing field to that of men. There is an intrinsic need for leveraging platforms that help in dealing with gender power relations and establishing an institutional approach toward systemic change. Critically examining and understanding the role of social innovations primarily including collective actions and institutionalizing changes through two projects interventions Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia and Precision direct-seeded rice-based diversified systems for transforming labor requirement, yields and profitability of smallholder farmers in Odisha (DSR-Odisha), two innovative approaches that have played a critical role in creating a pathway for genderresponsive agri-food systems—working with women self-help groups (WSHGs) through livelihood missions and institutionalizing the convergence platform. A detailed strategy developed created an inclusive pathway in outreach. Evidence generations were carried out through mixed-methods approaches—both qualitative and quantitative. The convergence platform is a unique innovation and now is institutionalization under the ICAR-ATARI. The platform has been playing a decisive role as far as the inclusive advisories outreach is concerned in eastern India.
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spelling CGSpace1371002024-01-05T02:24:03Z Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems Munshi, Sugandha Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Virender gender agriculture research innovation adoption gender equality inclusion Globally, women are dominantly employed in the agriculture food systems, which is a critical source of livelihood for women as compared to men. As a result, it becomes crucial to brainstorm, design and innovate strategies and approaches that are gender responsive and equally create a conducive platform for transformative agri-food systems. The role of social capital and the local/traditional system becomes critical to have a sustainable approach toward achieving the goal of an inclusive agriculture system where women have an equal and level playing field to that of men. There is an intrinsic need for leveraging platforms that help in dealing with gender power relations and establishing an institutional approach toward systemic change. Critically examining and understanding the role of social innovations primarily including collective actions and institutionalizing changes through two projects interventions Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia and Precision direct-seeded rice-based diversified systems for transforming labor requirement, yields and profitability of smallholder farmers in Odisha (DSR-Odisha), two innovative approaches that have played a critical role in creating a pathway for genderresponsive agri-food systems—working with women self-help groups (WSHGs) through livelihood missions and institutionalizing the convergence platform. A detailed strategy developed created an inclusive pathway in outreach. Evidence generations were carried out through mixed-methods approaches—both qualitative and quantitative. The convergence platform is a unique innovation and now is institutionalization under the ICAR-ATARI. The platform has been playing a decisive role as far as the inclusive advisories outreach is concerned in eastern India. 2023-10-10 2024-01-04T12:47:25Z 2024-01-04T12:47:25Z Poster https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137100 en Open Access application/pdf International Rice Research Institute Munshi, Sugandha; Kumar, Ashok; Kumar, Virender. 2023. Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems . Poster. 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 Rice Research Institute
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gender equality
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Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems
title Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems
title_full Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems
title_fullStr Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems
title_full_unstemmed Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems
title_short Convergence and Self-Help Groups: Conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri-food systems
title_sort convergence and self help groups conduits for advancing gender equality and social inclusion in agri food systems
topic gender
agriculture
research
innovation adoption
gender equality
inclusion
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137100
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