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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.Baudron, FrédéricAndersson, Jens A.Misiko, Michael T.Badstue, L.Stirling, Clare M.[Gender and conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa: towards a research agenda]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.Colverson, Kathleen E.[Building a gender-transformative extension and advisory facilitation system in Sub-Saharan Africa]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.Farnworth, Cathy R.Stirling, C.Thierfelder, ChristianMupangwa, W.Nyagumbo, I.[A cost-benefit analysis of climate-smart agriculture options in Southern Africa: Balancing gender and technology]A cost-benefit analysis of climate-smart agriculture options in Southern Africa: Balancing gender and technology

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.Farnworth, Cathy R.[Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands]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.Farnworth, Cathy R.[Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands]Towards gender-responsive banana research for development in the East-African Highlands

This article presents research conducted in Nepal’s Terai plains in 2014-15 showing that women are innovating in wheat to the extent that wheat farming is experiencing a shift from feminization of agricultural labor towards women taking control over decision making. Processes accounting for this ...


Farnworth, Cathy R.Jafry, TahseenLama, KanchanChatterjee, SushilaBadstue, Lone B.[From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal]From working in the wheat field to managing wheat: Women innovators in Nepal

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.Jafry, TahseenRahman, S.Badstue, Lone B.[Leaving no one behind: How women seize control of wheat-maize technologies in Bangladesh]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.López, Diana E.Badstue, Lone B.Hailemariam, MaheletAbeyo, Bekele G.[Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia region, Ethiopia: From innovator to tempered radical]Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia region, Ethiopia: From innovator to tempered radical

Aregu, LemlemFarnworth, Cathy R.Choudhury, AfrinaRajaratnam, SurendranMcDougall, Cynthia[Gender and innovation processes in integrated fish agri-food systems in Bangladesh and the Philippines: Insights from the CGIAR Research Program FISH]Gender and innovation processes in integrated fish agri-food systems in Bangladesh and the Philippines: Insights from the CGIAR Research Program FISH

This resource is for research and development practitioners working in agriculture and rural development in Rwanda. The objective is to provide information about the ways in which gender norms in Eastern Rwanda are changing, and which ones remain persistent. It finds that despite broader institut...


Rietveld, Anne M.Farnworth, Cathy R.[Continuity and change: Negotiating gender norms in agricultural research for development in Rwanda]Continuity and change: Negotiating gender norms in agricultural research for development in Rwanda

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