Bangladesh is strongly committed to the “leave no one behind” principle of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. However, social norms and institutional biases in agricultural organisations can prevent indigenous peoples and women from participating in wheat–maize innovation processes, as they ...
Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Jafry, Tahseen
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Rahman, S.
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Badstue, Lone B.
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[Leaving no one behind: How women seize control of wheat-maize technologies in Bangladesh]
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Leaving no one behind: How women seize control of wheat-maize technologies in Bangladesh
This paper explores whether the concept of tempered radicals provides a useful analytic lens through which the strategies of women and men farmer innovators, who are ‘doing things differently’ in agriculture, can be interpreted. The paper uses research data derived from two wheat-growing communit...
Farnworth, Cathy R.
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López, Diana E.
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Badstue, Lone B.
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Hailemariam, Mahelet
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Abeyo, Bekele G.
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[Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia region, Ethiopia: From innovator to tempered radical]
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Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia region, Ethiopia: From innovator to tempered radical
This paper discusses how gendered mobilities and immobilities influence women’s and men’s capacities to innovate in agriculture. The authors analyze four case studies from Western Kenya and Southwestern Nigeria that draw on 28 focus group discussions and 32 individual interviews with a total of 2...
Bergman Lodin, Johanna
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Tegbaru, Amare
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Bullock, Renee M.
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Degrande, Ann
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Wopong Nkengla, Lilian
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Gaya, Hyeladi Ibrahim
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[Gendered mobilities and immobilities: Women’s and men’s capacities for agricultural innovation in Kenya and Nigeria]
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Gendered mobilities and immobilities: Women’s and men’s capacities for agricultural innovation in Kenya and Nigeria
This paper examines the social and gender differentiation of capacities to adapt and innovate. It is a qualitative study in three communities in the Solomon Islands, a developing country where rural livelihoods and wellbeing are tightly tied to agriculture and fisheries. The article finds that th...
Cohen, Philippa J.
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Lawless, Sarah
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Dyer, Michelle
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Morgan, Miranda
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Saeny, Enly
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Teioli, Helen
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Kantor, Paula
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[Understanding adaptive capacity and capacity to innovate in social-ecological systems: Applying a gender lens]
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Understanding adaptive capacity and capacity to innovate in social-ecological systems: Applying a gender lens
Sikira, A.N.
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Waithanji, Elizabeth M.
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Galiè, Alessandra
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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[Gender aspects in the dairy value chain in Tanzania: A review of literature]
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Gender aspects in the dairy value chain in Tanzania: A review of literature
Clement, Floriane
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Harcourt, W.J.
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Joshi, Deepa
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Sato, C.
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[Feminist political ecologies of the commons and commoning]
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Feminist political ecologies of the commons and commoning
This article discusses ways in which the South African Government and grassroots organizations envisage and implement democracy achieved since 1994 in the eld of water resources management. The focus is on the democratic, political and economic freedom and equality in resource rights for poor bl...
Schreiner, B.
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Mohapi, N.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa]
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Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa
This paper analyses how men and women in South West Bangladesh perceive gender norms to affect their ability to innovate, adopt, and benefit from new technologies in aquaculture, fisheries and agricultural systems. The qualitative findings from six villages in 2014 confirm that the engagement of ...
Aregu, Lemlem
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Choudhury, Afrina
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Rajaratnam, Surendran
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Locke, Catherine
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McDougall, Cynthia
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[Gender norms and agricultural innovation: Insights from six villages in Bangladesh]
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Gender norms and agricultural innovation: Insights from six villages in Bangladesh
Abay, Kibrom
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Amare, M.
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[Night light intensity and women’s body weight: Evidence from Nigeria]
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Night light intensity and women’s body weight: Evidence from Nigeria