Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education: Key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
Female farmers play a vital role in African agriculture, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of the agricultural workforce. However, agricultural research and higher education are disproportionately led by men. There is an urgent need for a greater representation of women in the field of agricultural sc...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2009
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| author | Beintema, Nienke M. Di Marcantonio, Federica |
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| description | Female farmers play a vital role in African agriculture, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of the agricultural workforce. However, agricultural research and higher education are disproportionately led by men. There is an urgent need for a greater representation of women in the field of agricultural science and technology (S&T) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Female scientists, professors, and senior managers offer different insights and perspectives to help research institutes to more fully address the unique and pressing challenges of both female and male farmers in the region. Gender-disaggregated data on S&T capacity are scarce, often lack sufficient detail, and focus more generally on S&T rather than on agriculture specifically. Data are not always comparable due to different methodologies and coverage. The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative and the CGIAR Gender & Diversity (G&D) Program partnered together to address this information gap. This brief summarizes the key results from their benchmarking survey of 125 agricultural research and higher education agencies in 15 Sub-Saharan African countries. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1620012025-11-06T04:35:53Z Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education: Key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa Beintema, Nienke M. Di Marcantonio, Federica agricultural research agricultural development higher education women gender Female farmers play a vital role in African agriculture, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of the agricultural workforce. However, agricultural research and higher education are disproportionately led by men. There is an urgent need for a greater representation of women in the field of agricultural science and technology (S&T) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Female scientists, professors, and senior managers offer different insights and perspectives to help research institutes to more fully address the unique and pressing challenges of both female and male farmers in the region. Gender-disaggregated data on S&T capacity are scarce, often lack sufficient detail, and focus more generally on S&T rather than on agriculture specifically. Data are not always comparable due to different methodologies and coverage. The Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) initiative and the CGIAR Gender & Diversity (G&D) Program partnered together to address this information gap. This brief summarizes the key results from their benchmarking survey of 125 agricultural research and higher education agencies in 15 Sub-Saharan African countries. 2009 2024-11-21T10:00:18Z 2024-11-21T10:00:18Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162001 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program Beintema, Nienke M.; Di Marcantonio, Federica. 2009. Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162001 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural research agricultural development higher education women gender Beintema, Nienke M. Di Marcantonio, Federica Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education: Key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education: Key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education: Key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education: Key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education: Key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Women’s participation in agricultural research and higher education: Key trends in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | women s participation in agricultural research and higher education key trends in sub saharan africa |
| topic | agricultural research agricultural development higher education women gender |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162001 |
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