Opportunity crops for gender equality and women’s empowerment: Revisiting the narrative
- Opportunity crops are often lauded for their potential to empower rural women and increase their livelihood opportunities, but these assertions have received little empirical attention. - Evidence shows that the relationship between opportunity crops and gender equality and women’s empowerment is...
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| Format: | Brief |
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Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture
2025
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179342 |
| Summary: | - Opportunity crops are often lauded for their potential to empower rural women and increase their livelihood opportunities, but these assertions have received little empirical attention.
- Evidence shows that the relationship between opportunity crops and gender equality and women’s empowerment is nuanced and context-specific.
- Narratives and interventions focused on opportunity crops should also take a nuanced and holistic approach to account for these contextual differences and complexities. |
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