Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba
Compared to many countries, Cuba has made significant progress in advancing women's rights and gender equity; however, disparities remain. In the country's rural communities and agricultural sector, women continue to face barriers to equal participation and recognition for the value of their work. T...
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| author | Benítez Fernández, Bárbara Nelson, Erin Crespo Morales, Anaisa Ortiz Pérez, Rodobaldo Acosta Roca, Rosa Cárdenas Travieso, Regla María |
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| description | Compared to many countries, Cuba has made significant progress in advancing women's rights and gender equity; however, disparities remain. In the country's rural communities and agricultural sector, women continue to face barriers to equal participation and recognition for the value of their work. This case study shares the story of gender equity efforts that have been conducted within the framework of a broader development project—the Project to Strengthen a System of Innovation in Local Agricultural Development (PIAL, for its initials in Spanish). PIAL began in 2001 as a participatory plant-breeding initiative aimed at increasing the genetic diversity of key crops such as maize and beans. Over the course of two decades, the project's goals expanded to include an emphasis on increasing women's participation. In the beginning, those efforts focused on including women in the participatory plant-breeding activities, which enabled them to prioritize traits they cared about such as grain texture, cooking speed, and taste in the selection process. Over time, the participatory nature of the PIAL methodology empowered women to identify and pursue capacity-building in other areas of local agricultural innovation. While PPB remained central to PIAL, women also chose to pursue opportunities in seed bank management, leadership training, and small-scale farm-based entrepreneurship. The results of the PIAL work on gender have included not just more inclusive plant breeding, but also important economic improvements for rural women as they have been able to diversify their livelihoods, and social change as they have gained confidence and recognition as leaders in their households, communities, and beyond. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1386142025-12-08T10:29:22Z Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba Benítez Fernández, Bárbara Nelson, Erin Crespo Morales, Anaisa Ortiz Pérez, Rodobaldo Acosta Roca, Rosa Cárdenas Travieso, Regla María gender plant breeding trait preferences Compared to many countries, Cuba has made significant progress in advancing women's rights and gender equity; however, disparities remain. In the country's rural communities and agricultural sector, women continue to face barriers to equal participation and recognition for the value of their work. This case study shares the story of gender equity efforts that have been conducted within the framework of a broader development project—the Project to Strengthen a System of Innovation in Local Agricultural Development (PIAL, for its initials in Spanish). PIAL began in 2001 as a participatory plant-breeding initiative aimed at increasing the genetic diversity of key crops such as maize and beans. Over the course of two decades, the project's goals expanded to include an emphasis on increasing women's participation. In the beginning, those efforts focused on including women in the participatory plant-breeding activities, which enabled them to prioritize traits they cared about such as grain texture, cooking speed, and taste in the selection process. Over time, the participatory nature of the PIAL methodology empowered women to identify and pursue capacity-building in other areas of local agricultural innovation. While PPB remained central to PIAL, women also chose to pursue opportunities in seed bank management, leadership training, and small-scale farm-based entrepreneurship. The results of the PIAL work on gender have included not just more inclusive plant breeding, but also important economic improvements for rural women as they have been able to diversify their livelihoods, and social change as they have gained confidence and recognition as leaders in their households, communities, and beyond. 2023-10-06 2024-01-26T15:20:24Z 2024-01-26T15:20:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138614 en Open Access Frontiers Media Benítez Fernández B, Nelson E, Crespo Morales A, Ortiz Pérez R, Acosta Roca R and Cárdenas Travieso RM (2023) Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba. Front. Sociol. 8:1256379. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1256379 |
| spellingShingle | gender plant breeding trait preferences Benítez Fernández, Bárbara Nelson, Erin Crespo Morales, Anaisa Ortiz Pérez, Rodobaldo Acosta Roca, Rosa Cárdenas Travieso, Regla María Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba |
| title | Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba |
| title_full | Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba |
| title_fullStr | Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba |
| title_short | Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba |
| title_sort | transforming food systems a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in cuba |
| topic | gender plant breeding trait preferences |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138614 |
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