Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems

This brief is linked to the Science Program (SP) on Sustainable Farming, which builds on the initiatives: Excellence in Agronomy (EiA), Plant Health (PH) and Mixed Farming Systems (MFS). The Sustainable Farming Program aims at efficient production of more nutritious foods while protecting the enviro...

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Main Authors: Mokhema, Seipati, Euler, Michael, Begum, Khadija, Cole, Steven, Huyer, Sophia, Mayanja, Sarah, Mwakanyamale, Devis, Paez-Valencia, Ana Maria, Puskur, Ranjitha
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Published: CGIAR System Organization 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180563
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author Mokhema, Seipati
Euler, Michael
Begum, Khadija
Cole, Steven
Huyer, Sophia
Mayanja, Sarah
Mwakanyamale, Devis
Paez-Valencia, Ana Maria
Puskur, Ranjitha
author_browse Begum, Khadija
Cole, Steven
Euler, Michael
Huyer, Sophia
Mayanja, Sarah
Mokhema, Seipati
Mwakanyamale, Devis
Paez-Valencia, Ana Maria
Puskur, Ranjitha
author_facet Mokhema, Seipati
Euler, Michael
Begum, Khadija
Cole, Steven
Huyer, Sophia
Mayanja, Sarah
Mwakanyamale, Devis
Paez-Valencia, Ana Maria
Puskur, Ranjitha
author_sort Mokhema, Seipati
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description This brief is linked to the Science Program (SP) on Sustainable Farming, which builds on the initiatives: Excellence in Agronomy (EiA), Plant Health (PH) and Mixed Farming Systems (MFS). The Sustainable Farming Program aims at efficient production of more nutritious foods while protecting the environment and also translating this growth into decent and equitable employment opportunities. The SP will co-develop and validate a stream of integrated agronomic, plant health, and farming system solutions. These solutions aim to catalyze adaptation and scaling through a coherent approach that integrates effective data management, prioritization tools, capacity sharing, and partnerships built around contextualized demands. While the program makes explicit reference to women, youth, and marginalized groups as key targets for bundled innovations, there is a need for a more nuanced and inclusive focus to explain how these groups will benefit from the proposed innovations. We therefore identify three GESI focal areas for the Sustainable Farming SP. First, climate change threatens to reverse previous productivity gains in agriculture (IPCC 2022). Women and resource-poor farmers suffer disproportionally from the effects of climate change (Hallegatte 2016). Climate-smart, gender- and socially inclusive approaches such as Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) can help to enhance the resilience of all the actors in farming systems (Deering and Wright 2023).
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spelling CGSpace1805632026-01-24T02:01:12Z Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems Mokhema, Seipati Euler, Michael Begum, Khadija Cole, Steven Huyer, Sophia Mayanja, Sarah Mwakanyamale, Devis Paez-Valencia, Ana Maria Puskur, Ranjitha gender youth sustainability This brief is linked to the Science Program (SP) on Sustainable Farming, which builds on the initiatives: Excellence in Agronomy (EiA), Plant Health (PH) and Mixed Farming Systems (MFS). The Sustainable Farming Program aims at efficient production of more nutritious foods while protecting the environment and also translating this growth into decent and equitable employment opportunities. The SP will co-develop and validate a stream of integrated agronomic, plant health, and farming system solutions. These solutions aim to catalyze adaptation and scaling through a coherent approach that integrates effective data management, prioritization tools, capacity sharing, and partnerships built around contextualized demands. While the program makes explicit reference to women, youth, and marginalized groups as key targets for bundled innovations, there is a need for a more nuanced and inclusive focus to explain how these groups will benefit from the proposed innovations. We therefore identify three GESI focal areas for the Sustainable Farming SP. First, climate change threatens to reverse previous productivity gains in agriculture (IPCC 2022). Women and resource-poor farmers suffer disproportionally from the effects of climate change (Hallegatte 2016). Climate-smart, gender- and socially inclusive approaches such as Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) can help to enhance the resilience of all the actors in farming systems (Deering and Wright 2023). 2025-12 2026-01-23T20:10:29Z 2026-01-23T20:10:29Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180563 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Mokhema, S., Euler, M., Begum, K., Cole, S., Huyer, S., Mayanja, S., Mwakanyamale, D., Paez-Valencia, A.M. and Puskur, R. 2025. Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems. Agenda Setting Brief - 5. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion, CGIAR Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Science Program
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Mokhema, Seipati
Euler, Michael
Begum, Khadija
Cole, Steven
Huyer, Sophia
Mayanja, Sarah
Mwakanyamale, Devis
Paez-Valencia, Ana Maria
Puskur, Ranjitha
Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems
title Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_full Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_fullStr Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_full_unstemmed Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_short Towards Inclusive Innovation: Gender and Youth in Sustainable Farming Systems
title_sort towards inclusive innovation gender and youth in sustainable farming systems
topic gender
youth
sustainability
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180563
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