What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
What are key characteristics of rural innovators? How are their experiences similar for women and men, and how are they different? To examine these questions, we draw on individual interviews with 336 rural women and men known in their communities for trying out new things in agriculture. The data f...
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| author | Badstue, Lone B. López, Diana E. Umantseva, Anja Williams, George Elias, Marlène Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Rietveld, Anne M. Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Luis, Joyce S. Najjar, Dina Kandiwa, Vongai |
| author_browse | Badstue, Lone B. Elias, Marlène Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Kandiwa, Vongai Luis, Joyce S. López, Diana E. Najjar, Dina Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Rietveld, Anne M. Umantseva, Anja Williams, George |
| author_facet | Badstue, Lone B. López, Diana E. Umantseva, Anja Williams, George Elias, Marlène Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Rietveld, Anne M. Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Luis, Joyce S. Najjar, Dina Kandiwa, Vongai |
| author_sort | Badstue, Lone B. |
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| description | What are key characteristics of rural innovators? How are their experiences similar for women and men, and how are they different? To examine these questions, we draw on individual interviews with 336 rural women and men known in their communities for trying out new things in agriculture. The data form part of 84 GENNOVATE community case studies from 19 countries. Building on study participants’ own reflections and experiences with innovation in their agricultural livelihoods, we combine variable-oriented analysis and analysis of specific individuals’ lived experience. Results indicate that factors related to personality and agency are what most drive women’s and men’s capacity to innovate. Access to resources is not a prerequisite but rather an important enabling aspect. Different types of women have great potential for local innovation, but structural inequalities make men better positioned to access resources and leverage support. Men’s support is important when women challenge the status quo. |
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| spelling | CGSpace990682025-11-12T06:09:19Z What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America Badstue, Lone B. López, Diana E. Umantseva, Anja Williams, George Elias, Marlène Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Rietveld, Anne M. Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Luis, Joyce S. Najjar, Dina Kandiwa, Vongai gender innovation case studies What are key characteristics of rural innovators? How are their experiences similar for women and men, and how are they different? To examine these questions, we draw on individual interviews with 336 rural women and men known in their communities for trying out new things in agriculture. The data form part of 84 GENNOVATE community case studies from 19 countries. Building on study participants’ own reflections and experiences with innovation in their agricultural livelihoods, we combine variable-oriented analysis and analysis of specific individuals’ lived experience. Results indicate that factors related to personality and agency are what most drive women’s and men’s capacity to innovate. Access to resources is not a prerequisite but rather an important enabling aspect. Different types of women have great potential for local innovation, but structural inequalities make men better positioned to access resources and leverage support. Men’s support is important when women challenge the status quo. 2018 2019-01-15T11:30:12Z 2019-01-15T11:30:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99068 en Open Access application/pdf Badstue, L.; Lopez, D.E.; Umantseva, A.; Williams, G.; Elias, M.; Farnworth, C.R.; Rietveld, A.; Njuguna-Mungai, E.; Luis, J.; Najjar, D.; Kandiwa, V. (2018). What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security 3(1) p. 54-81 ISSN: 2413-922X |
| spellingShingle | gender innovation case studies Badstue, Lone B. López, Diana E. Umantseva, Anja Williams, George Elias, Marlène Farnworth, Cathy Rozel Rietveld, Anne M. Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Luis, Joyce S. Najjar, Dina Kandiwa, Vongai What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America |
| title | What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America |
| title_full | What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America |
| title_fullStr | What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America |
| title_full_unstemmed | What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America |
| title_short | What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America |
| title_sort | what drives capacity to innovate insights from women and men small scale farmers in africa asia and latin america |
| topic | gender innovation case studies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99068 |
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