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Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects
(Working Paper, 2015-04-15) Johnson, Nancy L.; Kovarik, Chiara; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.; Njuki, Jemimah; Quisumbing, Agnes R.
Ownership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and women’s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate gender and assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of interventions. This paper synthesizes the findings of eight mixed-method evaluations of the impacts of agricultural development projects on individual and household assets in seven countries in Africa and South Asia. The results show that assets both affect and are affected by projects, indicating that it is both feasible and important to consider assets in the design, implementation, and evaluation of agricultural development projects. All projects were associated with increases in asset levels and other benefits at the household level; however, only four projects documented significant, positive impacts in women’s ownership or control of assets relative to a control group, and of those only one project provided evidence of a reduction in the gender asset gap. The quantitative and qualitative findings suggest ways that greater attention to gender and assets by researchers and development implementers could improve outcomes for women in future projects.
A Mixed-Methods Approach to Unpacking Joint Decisions about Agricultural Production in Nicaragua and Colombia
(Report, 2017) García, María Alejandra; Godek, Wendy; Twyman, Jennifer
Decision-making is a key element of frameworks to measure women’s empowerment. This document presents the method used by a recent study of household decision-making about agricultural production. More specifically, the study explored spousal accord and discord in agricultural decision-making, with a particular emphasis on joint decisions, by examining previously under-researched areas, such as perceptions and dynamics of household decision-making and legitimacy and bargaining power. The study had a twofold purpose of: 1) better informing agricultural researchers and other development researchers/practitioners about how households make agricultural decisions to aid in project and research design and 2) related to research design, to help researchers to better design instruments to measure household decision-making (e.g., surveys) that take into account findings about men and women’s perceptions about (joint) decision-making and their individual interpretations of questions related to decision-making. The study was conducted in two sites in Latin America, one in Nicaragua and the other in Colombia. It took a mixed-methods approach with a heavy emphasis on qualitative methods. Included in the report is a discussion of the methods used in detail, data collection instruments, and methodological strengths, limitations, and recommendations for the future.
Entendiendo la dinámica del sector arrocero en Ecuador: Resultados de un estudio colaborativo.
(Report, 2017) Orrego-Varón, Mayra; García, María Alejandra; Marín, Diego; Twyman, Jennifer; Labarta, Ricardo Antonio; Mendoza, Luis; Yañez, Fernando
Strengthening the gender lens in agricultural production and value-chain research in Vietnam
(Report, 2016-10) International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Farming systems in Vietnam are undergoing rapid change, including increased levels of commercialisation and market integration, adoption of (or desire for) labour efficient technologies, and migration of youth in response to non-farm work opportunities. These processes are not only shaping rural landscapes and communities, but challenging traditional gender roles. ACIAR’s research portfolio seeks to understand underlying trajectories and develop technical and policy innovations to help deliver more productive, sustainable and profitable agricultural systems. Failure to consider gender norms in this process ultimately leads to low levels of adoption of technological innovations and exacerbates gender inequality. As such, gendered roles and differences in access to agricultural knowledge and resources needs to be considered in the design, implementation and evaluation of agricultural research for development to ensure the technologies and policies being evaluated are accessible to women, result in widespread adoption, and leads to the desired impact in terms of improved livelihood.
Gendered perspectives of trees on farms in Nicaragua: Considerations for agroforestry, coffee cultivation, and climate change
(Report, 2017) Gumucio, Tatiana; Twyman, Jennifer; Clavijo, Mónica
Due to gender-specific roles and responsibilities, men and women face varying challenges and opportunities to mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts. It is particularly important to take into account the ways that men and women engage with tree resources in order to develop both equitable and effective interventions and strategies, recognizing that agroforestry is an important element of these. For instance, agroforestry is often included among the recommended climate-smart agricultural practices for high value tree crops, like coffee. The paper analyzes household level socioeconomic data collected in 2015 within a Climate-Smart Village of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in Tuma La Dalia, Nicaragua, where smallholder shade coffee production is a substantial economic activity. The area is also part of a Landscape Observatory of the CGIAR Research Program in Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). The survey instrument developed is based on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEIA). From 271 households, a total of 493 surveys were carried out with adult men and women primary decision-makers. The intra-household survey collected data related to agricultural and agroforestry activities, and sex-disaggregated data on decision-making. The report provides initial insights into the uses and importance that women and men associate with trees on farms, as well as their participation in decision-making on agroforestry activities, in order to support the development of gender-sensitive climate change interventions focused on high value tree crops. In particular, findings suggest that women associate a greater number of household uses with on-farm trees than men. Furthermore, women may be more prone to give importance to fruit trees in comparison to men. Results also demonstrate differences in women’s and men’s perceptions of decision-making processes concerning trees on farms: women recognize their participation more than men, particularly when it concerns fruit trees and planting, as opposed to tree management.
Participación de mujeres y hombres en la producción de arroz en Ecuador
(Report, 2016-07) Clavijo, Mónica; Muriel, Juliana; García, María Alejandra; Twyman, Jennifer; Marín, Diego; Orrego-Varón, Mayra; Labarta, Ricardo Antonio; Mendoza, Luis; Yanez, Fernando
The “must-have” features of gender-responsive plant or animal breeding
(Report, 2016) Mascarenhas, Martina
Integrating gender into other research areas: challenges and opportunities
(Report, 2016) Mascarenhas, Martina
CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network annual meeting summary report, 1-4 November 2016
(Report, 2016-11) Orentlicher, Natalie
Science-based innovation is at the heart of CGIAR’s vision of its impact on poverty reduction, food security and climate-smart resource management. Impactful innovation needs to be socially inclusive and gender-equitable. Therefore CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) aim at improving the gender-responsiveness or transformative effects of CGIAR innovation. The CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network was established to enable CGIAR global research programs (CRPs) to work together in a community of practice that would enhance synergies across programs in gender research. Knowledge-sharing in this community of practice includes the willingness to deepen understanding of how gender disparities and gender relations affect agricultural innovation and to include gender perspectives in technical research. The network members meet once every year to share experience and to address strategic and timely topics. Starting in 2017, the Network will be embedded in a gender platform to be hosted by the CRP on Policy, Institutions and Markets (PIM). CRPs will launch their second phases in 2017. Expectations are high that CRPs will demonstrate the effectiveness of gender research conducted in Phase I by showcasing measurable benefits delivered to women as well as men in their main target areas.
Consortium Level Gender Strategy
(Report, 2011-11) CGIAR Consortium
Participatory Research and Gender Analysis in Agricultural and Natural Resource Management Research
(Report, 2006) Averill, D; Lilja, Nina; Manners, G
This selected bibliography provides a snapshot of reported research in participatory research and gender analysis, and as a prototype for an ongoing resource for researchers.
Village Based Participatory Breeding in the Mountain Slopes of Yemen
(Report, 2002) Ceccarelli, Salvatore
In the three villages selected in the project area in the Northern Highlands and described in the 2000 reports, the farmers tested the barley and the lentil lines they selected during 2000.
Innovación participativa: experiencias con pequeños productores agrícolas en seis países de américa latina
(Report, 2004) Cardoba, M; Gottret, María Verónica; Asociados, T; Montes, A.; Ortega, L; Perry, S
El documento contiene resumenes de estudios de caso sobre experiencias de investigacion participativa con pequenos productores agricoles.
Metodologías Participativas para el Mejoramiento Genético del Frijol Común 1
(Report, 2001) Rosas, J.C.
Debido a que el presente informe semestral coincide con la finalizacion de la presente fase de financiamiento de dos anos por el programa de Small Grants.
Scaling up participatory plant breeding sustainable seed delivery systems for meeting farmers' needs for diversity and varietal change over time
(Report, 2002) Rattunde, E
Detailed analyses of seeds available at household level were carried out in two villages.
Development and diffusion of integrated Striga control practices for small-scale farmers in western Kenya
(Report, 2001) Friesen, Dennis K.
The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica has become one of the most significant constraints to cereal production in western Kenya. In 1995 a collaborative project was initiated to develop control technologies for Kenyan farmers.
Impact evaluation of participatory development of integrated insect and disease management
(Report, 2002) Ortíz, Oscar
The PRGA small grant has co-financed activities oriented to evaluate the impact of participatory research through farmers' field schools in San Miguel, Peru. This document reports activities conducted between 1999 and 2001 and presents results of a work in progress.
Site Selection Report of Farmer-led Participatory Maize Breeding Programme for the Middle Hills of Nepal
(Report, 2000) Subedi, M; Shrestha, P.
Maize is the second most important crop after rice in Nepal. Maize is grown largely on bari land during summer. The productivity of maize is quite low. A number of factors appear to be in play for the low productivity in the middle hills of Nepal.
An overview of participatory research and learning processes and their relevance to watershed management and development
(Report, 2003) Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
This paper outlines general concepts of participatory research and learning; the relevance of participatory approaches to natural resources management and watershed management in particular; elements of good practice for participatory research and learning in the context of gendered, adaptive watershed management; and considerations for proposal development and review.
An inventory of gender-related research and training in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Centers
(Report, 1998) Feldstein, H
In 1995, the CGIAR Gender Analysis Program published the first inventory of gender-related research, training, and information dissemination activities. This second inventory takes us from 1996 to 1998.

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