Search Results - "Gender role"

A qualitative study exploring women’s empowerment in coffee cooperatives in Chiapas, Mexico by Eissler, Sarah, Rubin, Deborah, de Anda, Victoria

“…Future research is needed and discussed to better understand these dynamics of gendered roles and relations and elements of empowerment in the coffee value chain in Chiapas. …”
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Gender dynamics in the biofortified bean value chain in Burundi by Nchanji, Eileen, Nduwarugira, Eric, Ndabashinze, Blaise, Ntukamazina, Nepomuscene, Toywa, Johnworker, Lutomia, Cosmas Kweyu

“…This study aims to understand gender roles and practices in households and farms and how these roles and practices influence participation and uptake of biofortified beans. …”
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Exploring varietal uptake through a gender lens: Insights from a multi-country, multi-crop qualitative study by Cavicchioli, Martina

“…Among the most reoccurring are trait preferences (as referred to local production and consumption habits as well as gender roles in crops’ farming and processing), access to seed promotion and dissemination channels (radio, extension services, champion farmers), participation in community networks, availability of fertile soil, and income.…”
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Looking at gender is not enough—How diversity of farmers’ marginalization relates to varietal trait preferences by Bacud, Eva Salve Tino, Gerullis, Maria Katharina, Puskur, Ranjitha, Heckelei, Thomas

“…Furthermore, logit regression shows that factors of marginalization, gender roles, and agency are associated with increased odds of prioritizing specific traits, such as market and culinary traits. …”
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Understanding agricultural production and farmer livelihoods in Kisumu County: A baseline study by Wanjau, Agnes, Mwungu, Chris, Kenduiywo, Benson, Mayanja, Brian, Rose, Sabrina, Ghosh, Aniruddha

“…The study examined major crops, farming practices, adoption of climate-resilient measures such as intercropping, irrigation, and soil fertility management, gender roles in agriculture, and access to credit and advisory services. …”
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Los roles de género entre los pequeños productores de ganadería en Costa Rica by Arora, Diksha, Twyman, Jennifer

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Farmers’ perceptions and matching climate records jointly explain adaptation responses in four communities around Lake Tana, Ethiopia by Darabant, A., Habermann, Birgit, Sisay, K., Thurnher, C., Worku, Y., Damtew, S., Lindtner, M., Burrell, L., Abiyu, A.

“…Furthermore, important gender differences in adaptation could be traced back to typical gender roles. Results highlight the risk of broadcast adaptation programs, such as the government-propagated combination of mineral fertilizers and early maturing crop varieties. …”
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Separate and joint interests: Understanding gendered innovation processes in Ugandan farm systems by Rietveld, Anne M., Burg, Margreet van der

“…The two innovations studied were found to alter some gender roles and relations but did not unambiguously contribute to increasing gender equality.…”
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Use of digital tools in sustainable rice production in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam by Barnard, Jennifer, Cuong, Ong Quoc, Vu, Trang, Nelson, Katherine

“…This suggests that an analysis of gender roles in agriculture production may be necessary to identify the areas where women are more involved and advise the development of gender-inclusive digital tools. …”
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Helpers, employees or owners: Opportunities for women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains by Moreno Bustamante, Manuel Francisco, Twyman, Jennifer, Claros Trujillo, Luisa María, Suazo, Carlos, Wiegel, Jennifer Rebecca

“…Currently there is little evidence on differentiated gender roles and empowerment in value chains in the Latin America region and few comparative analyses on value chains and between value chain nodes. …”
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Gender differences in agricultural productivity in India: Empirical analysis using micro-level panel data by Anupama, G.V., Falk, Thomas, Sen, Mayukh

“…Over the discourse of empirical research conducted in the domain of agricultural productivity, agricultural economists have always pondered over the inclusion of gender diversity as a separate dimension to identify the efficacy of gender roles in agricultural decision-making. In this context, for the purpose of empirical analysis, we used the primary survey data Village Dynamics in South Asia panel dataset collected by the ICRISAT in collaboration with IRRI and ICAR institutes. …”
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Gender mainstreaming in sweet potato breeding in Uganda by Ssali, Reuben T., Mayanja, Sarah, Nakitto, Mariam, Mwende, Janet, Tinyiro, Samuel Edgar, Bayiyana, Irene, Okello, Julius, Forsythe, Lora, Magala, Damalie, Yada, Benard, Mwanga, Robert O., Polar, Vivian

“…This multidisciplinary approach, grounded in examining gender roles and their relationship with varietal and trait preferences, integrated important traits into product profiles. …”
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Gendered challenges and coping strategies of women smallholder farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal’s Tarai region: A feminist political ecology perspective by Das, Dipika, Poudel, Sanjeev, Dhakal, Purushottam, Dutta, Kuntala Lahiri

“…The study found that mobility restrictions disproportionately affected women farmers due to prescribed gender roles, limiting their access to input supplies and hire of agricultural labor during the pandemic. …”
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Politics of participation in Integrated Watershed Development Programmes in Bundelkhand, India: Insights from a gender and social inclusion perspective by Ravula, Padmaja, Chakraborty, Ananya, Kasala, Kavitha

“…The practical needs of women—based on their gender roles such as fetching water, grazing small ruminants, and collecting firewood for cooking—still continue to be valid in these locations, and these roles were overlooked when designing some interventions. …”
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Capturing dynamism in women’s roles in an agrarian economy: A study in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of India by Bhattacharya, Prateek Madhab, Bhattacharya, K.K., Das, T., Dhar, T., Ghosh, A., Chowdhury, A.K., Sen, S., Jackson, T.

“…A study was undertaken in northern West Bengal during 2020–21, covering 687 randomly selected respondents, to understand the perceptions of the agrarian population regarding these changes and the foresight of transformations in gender roles. Exploratory analysis was carried out to understand the changes that have occurred regarding women’s roles in the farm economy, and to explore what they expect to happen in the future. …”
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Exploring the gender dynamics in artisanal production of pearl millet and sorghum in Mali by Sylla, Almamy, Yila, Jummai Othniel, Ravula, Padmaja

“…The present study provides insights into the gendered roles in millet production and utilization, and the current dynamics of agri-food systems in Mali valuing women’s social and economic capacities using a mixedmethods approach and a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) diagnosis. …”
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From seeds of change to harvesting equality: Women in India’s agro-ecology based agri-food systems by Singh, Sonali

“…However, significant constraints persist in limiting women’s meaningful participation in agro-ecological farming systems, including constraints imposed by existing agricultural policies, institutional frameworks, gender roles, and limited access to markets, land, and information. …”
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Context matters: Oil palm production and women's dietary diversity in the tropical forest of Cameroon by Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr.

“…Previous analyses have established that this expansion is associated with changing gender roles and time allocation for women. Time allocation is an important determinant of maternal and child nutrition as well as well-being. …”
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Gender differentiated utilization of banana as food, medicine and cultural artefact in central Uganda by Mulugo, Lucy, Kyazze, Florence Birungi, Kibwika, Paul, Ngolobe, Emmanuel, Omondi, Bonaventure Aman Oduor, Kikulwe, Enoch

“…Gender roles exert significant influence on the utilization of agricultural resources globally, yet their impact is often overlooked in breeding programs. …”
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Increasing sorghum yields for smallholder farmers in Mali: the evolution towards a context-driven, on-farm, gender-responsive sorghum breeding program by Isaacs, Krista, Weltzien-Rattunde, Eva, Some, Tiare Hermann Williams, Abdoulaye Diallo, Bocar Diallo, Mamourou Sidibé, vom Brocke, Kirsten, Bakary Samake, Nebié, Baloua, Weltzien-Rattunde, Henry Frederick

“…With known disparities in men and women’s access to the resources that improve agricultural productivity and evidence that gender roles and responsibilities shape knowledge and preferences about varieties, there is need for methods that support gender-responsive processes in plant breeding programs. …”
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