Livestock Fish Theme: Gender
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Item Gender and aquaculture value chains: A review of key issues and implications for research(Journal Article, 2018-08) Kruijssen, Froukje; McDougall, C.L.; Asseldonk, I.J.M. vanAlthough aquaculture is the fastest growing food producing sector in the world and generates significant employment opportunities at multiple scales, men and women are not necessarily able to participate in aquaculture value chains in the same way, and benefits may not be evenly distributed between them. This paper aims to elucidate current knowledge of gendered engagement in and returns from aquaculture value chains. It does so by presenting a review of existing evidence on gender issues in aquaculture value chains along five key dimensions: gender division of labor, distribution of benefits, access and control over assets and resources, gender and social norms, power relations and governance. Subsequently, the potential results for value chain performance and potential upgrading pathways are presented. The review shows that there is limited high quality sex-disaggregated data regarding aquaculture value chains, in particular related to the distribution of benefits in the chain. It also shows that evidence is limited regarding other aspects of the quality of women's participation in and returns from these chains. Existing evidence, however, indicates gendered imbalances in all five dimensions assessed, with formal and informal barriers, including gender norms, limiting women's equal engagement and returns. The specifics were found to vary by context and to be shaped in relation to factors such as class, needs, and social and religious norms. The impact of gender inequity on value chain performance was also found to be an area of literature for which evidence is still limited. While the upgrading pathways as described in the literature may result in economic upgrading, they may have limited effect on improving inequity or social conditions in the chain, if they do not take underlying inequities in institutions into account. Together the evidence indicates the need for research to elucidate practical ways to increase women's engagement in and returns from aquaculture value chains through addressing formal and informal barriers to women's control over assets, including shifting underlying gender norms and relations towards gender equality.Item Gender-based constraints and opportunities to women’s participation in the small ruminant value chain in Ethiopia: A community capitals analysis(Journal Article, 2017-05-27) Mulema, Annet A.; Farnworth, Cathy Rozel; Colverson, Kathleen E.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 stocks of capitals: social, financial, human, natural, political, cultural, and physical, and how the relationship between various capitals is managed. Our data were collected using semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions in six woredas (districts) in different parts of Ethiopia. Our findings show that men and women are constrained by similar capitals, but women are more constrained by lower levels of the seven capitals. The sheep value chain has more opportunities for women. It is important to strengthen women’s access to, and management of, all these capitals to become more effective managers of small ruminants. This demands behavioral change and working to challenge gender norms.Item Genetics and gender: Breeding decisions in Somaliland(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Marshall, KarenItem The silent cattle breeders in central Nicaragua(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Mora Benard, María Alejandra; Mena Urbina, Martin A.; Corrales, Roldan; Hoek, Rein van der; Ojango, Julie M.K.Item Adding gender transformation into value chain analysis(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Kruijssen, Froukje; Kantor, Paula; Galiè, Alessandra; Farnworth, Cathy RozelItem Putting gender on the map(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Pfeifer, CatherineItem Dairy value chains in East Africa: Why so few women?(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Baltenweck, Isabelle; Omondi, Immaculate A.; Waithanji, Elizabeth M.; Kinuthia, Emmanuel; Odhiambo, MartinItem Fish feed in Bangladesh: Where are the women?(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Mamun-Ur-Rashid, M.; Rahman, Fayzur; Sultana, NasrinItem The gender dimensions of a pig disease: African swine fever in Uganda(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Dione, Michel M.; Ochago, Robert; Ouma, Emily A.; Lule, Peter M.; Birungi, RosemirtaItem Sheep are like fast-growing cabbage: Gender dimensions of small ruminant health in Ethiopia(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Wieland, Barbara; Kinati, Wole; Mulema, Annet A.Item Good data, smart analysis, meaningful conclusions: Towards a gender analysis framework(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Poole, Elizabeth J.; Ndiwa, Nicholas N.; Mmbone, MildredItem Transforming the fish value chain in Bangladesh: What a gender lens brings(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Kruijssen, Froukje; Pyburn, Rhiannon; Nasrin, SultanaItem Gender-equitable pig business hubs in Uganda(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Ouma, Emily A.; Ochago, Robert; Dione, Michel M.; Birungi, Rosemirta; Lule, Peter M.Item A FEAST for women and men: Genderizing a feed-assessment tool(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Lukuyu, Ben A.; Kinati, Wole; Nasrin, Sultana; Mulema, Annet A.Item Including gender equity in a survey tool for rural households(Book Chapter, 2016-12-31) Wijk, Mark T. van; Hammond, James; Fraval, Simon; Ritzema, Randall S.; Bolliger, Adrian M.; Long, Chau T.M.Item Making gender integration more robust: Coaching livestock and fish projects on gender(Video, 2016-11-21) Pyburn, RhiannonInterview with Rhiannon Pyburn (Royal Tropical Institute) for the book "A different kettle of fish? Gender integration in livestock and fish research": http://hdl.handle.net/10568/76684Item Moving away from gender blind tools: Engendering the livestock feed assessment tool(Video, 2016-11-21) Lukuyu, Ben A.The “FEAST” livestock feed-assessment tool has been widely promoted and adopted, but as time passed the research team started receiving feedback. They were told that the tool was gender-blind. So the researchers adapted the tool to measure gender-related issues. Pretesting showed that the tool had missed a lot of important information – on roles, problems, preferences, etc. The team also reviewed the process of gathering data and checking its accuracy (for example, making separate groups of men and women). The tool has improved tremendously, but it now takes double the time to apply. The researchers want to keep the tool acceptable and popular while making it better at reflecting gender realities. Interview with Ben Lukuyu (ILRI) for the book "A different kettle of fish? Gender integration in livestock and fish research". http://hdl.handle.net/10568/76684Item When research disciplines come together for greater impact(Video, 2016-11-21) Dalsgaard, Jens Peter T.The mentoring of “gender fellows” – younger scientists in more technical disciplines such as fish feeds or genetics – is an interesting, novel initiative. Gender mainstreaming in research will take time – perhaps longer than anticipated. It will require sustained interventions and follow-up, for example through ongoing mentoring. Gender research has an important contribution to make as a discipline in its own right, and can promote inter-disciplinarity to make research more development-relevant and impactful. Gender research is essential to our mission; it is not about women only, but about analysing the roles of men and women, producing more equity and benefit for all. Interview with Jens Peter Tang Dalsgaard (WorldFish) for the book "A different kettle of fish? Gender integration in livestock and fish research". http://hdl.handle.net/10568Item Hearing voices: Reconciling scale and gender in agricultural research(Video, 2016-11-21) Lannerstad, MatsMats Lannerstad is currently working on two major projects that incoroprate gender. One is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; it assesses the environmental imapcts of development projects. The researchers ask local stakeholders to contribute in various stages of the process, analysis and recommendations. They now consider gender issues in this work. A second grant, from the UK Department for International Development is looking at gender equity and dynamics. The research team is also trying to develop a framework that captures social equity and gender dimensions at the landscape level. Interview with Mats Lannerstad (ILRI) for the book "A different kettle of fish? Gender integration in livestock and fish research". http://hdl.handle.net/10568/76684Item I thought you were a woman! Men as gender specialists in agricultural research(Video, 2016-11-21) Rahman, F.When Fayzur Rahman started at WorldFish, people were astonished. They thought the gender specialist would be a woman. Previously they had seen only women working on gender issues. It’s not easy when he works with men; he tries to remove their misconceptions on gender. After a certain time they accept and follow his advice. For example they ask him if he cooks, and he tells them “Yes, I do so every day! It’s important to help your family.” After a while they tend to listen to him. Interview with Fayzur Rahman (WorldFish) for the book "A different kettle of fish? Gender integration in livestock and fish research". http://hdl.handle.net/10568/76684