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
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
We introduce the concept of local normative climate to improve understanding of community- level social processes that shape women’s and men’s sense of agency and capacities for taking important decisions, including in their agricultural livelihoods. The idea of normative climate is informed by f...
Rietveld, Anne M.
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Ajambo, S.
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Kikulwe, E.
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[Economic gain and other losses? Gender relations and matooke production in Western Uganda]
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Economic gain and other losses? Gender relations and matooke production in Western Uganda
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.
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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[Continuity and change: Negotiating gender norms in agricultural research for development in Rwanda]
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Continuity and change: Negotiating gender norms in agricultural research for development in Rwanda
Over the past decades cooking-banana (Matooke) has become increasingly important
as food and especially as cash crop for farm households in Isingiro district in the western
region of Uganda. High urban and regional demand for Matooke and dwindling Matooke
productivity in other areas, drove expand...
Rietveld, Anne M.
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Ajambo, S.
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Kikulwe, E.
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[Economic gain and other losses? Gender relations and matooke production in Western Uganda]
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Economic gain and other losses? Gender relations and matooke production in Western Uganda
This report presents data and results from a GENNOVATE case-study conducted in the Nyamirama sector in Kayonza district in Rwanda that focusses on gender norms and agency in relation to agricultural innovation.
Rietveld, Anne M.
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[Gender norms and farming households in rural Rwanda: a GENNOVATE case-study for the Nyamirama sector in Kayonza district.]
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Gender norms and farming households in rural Rwanda: a GENNOVATE case-study for the Nyamirama sector in Kayonza district.