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 dat...
Badstue, Lone B.
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López, Diana E.
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Umantseva, Anja
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Williams, George
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Elias, Marlène
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Rietveld, Anne M.
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Njuguna-Mungai, Esther
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Luis, Joyce S.
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Najjar, Dina
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Kandiwa, Vongai
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[What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America]
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What drives capacity to innovate? Insights from women and men small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Using the Community Capitals Framework, this article explores the factors enhancing or constraining women’s access to, and control over, the resources required to participate in, and benefit from, small ruminant value chain activities. This is associated with the relationship of women and men to ...
Mulema, Annet A.
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Colverson, Kathleen E.
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[Gender-based constraints and opportunities to women’s participation in the small ruminant value chain in Ethiopia: A community capitals analysis]
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Gender-based constraints and opportunities to women’s participation in the small ruminant value chain in Ethiopia: A community capitals analysis
Galiè, Alessandra
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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[Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse]
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Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse
It is remarkable that despite wide-ranging, in-depth studies over many years, almost no conservation agriculture (CA) studies consider gender and gender relations as a potential explanatory factor for (low) adoption rates. This is important because CA demands new ways of working with the farm sys...
Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Baudron, Frédéric
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Andersson, Jens A.
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Misiko, Michael T.
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Badstue, L.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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[Gender and conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa: towards a research agenda]
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Gender and conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa: towards a research agenda
Rural advisory services operate in environments structured a priori by gender relations. Women often experience weaker access to productive resources and decision-making power within the household, lower and less effective participation in community-level decisionmaking bodies, in value chain net...
Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Colverson, Kathleen E.
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[Building a gender-transformative extension and advisory facilitation system in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Building a gender-transformative extension and advisory facilitation system in Sub-Saharan Africa
Climate change and extreme weather events undermine smallholder household food and income security in
southern Africa. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies comprise a suite of interventions that aim to
sustainably increase productivity whilst helping farmers adapt their farming systems to...
Mutenje, M.J.
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Stirling, C.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Mupangwa, W.
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Nyagumbo, I.
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[A cost-benefit analysis of climate-smart agriculture options in Southern Africa: Balancing gender and technology]
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A cost-benefit analysis of climate-smart agriculture options in Southern Africa: Balancing gender and technology
La NAMA Ganadería de Costa Rica tiene como
objetivo realizar un cambio en la forma de
producción del sector ganadero costarricense
con miras a una ganadería eco-competitiva.
Las alianzas público-privadas-académicas
evalúan y co-desarrollan los elementos técnicos
e institucionales necesarios par...
Chacón, Mauricio
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Segura, Jorge
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Jenkins, Agripina
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Fallas, Marco
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Villanueva, Diego Obando Cristóbal
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Chacón-Cascante, Adriana
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Abarca, Sergio
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Ordoñez, Jenny C.
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Arango, Jacobo
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Próximos pasos del NAMA Ganadería en Costa Rica: Síntesis de las consultas con actores y evaluación rápida de su estado actual]
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Próximos pasos del NAMA Ganadería en Costa Rica: Síntesis de las consultas con actores y evaluación rápida de su estado actual
This GENNOVATE guide highlights and discusses social and gender norms surrounding banana production in the East-African highlands pf Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. Understanding these norms coupled with the ability to address them is essential for the development and d...
Rietveld, Anne M.
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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[Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands]
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Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands
Banana production is an important livelihood for farming households in the East-African highlands as food and as a source of income. Banana is a crop with a long history in this region. Although not originating from Africa, it is believed bananas have been cultivated in this region since 2000 BC....
Rietveld, Anne M.
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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[Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands]
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Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands