Gender Books, Manuals, and Guides

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    Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future
    (Book, 2021-11) Pyburn, Rhiannon; Eerdewijk, Anouka van
    Over the past decade, interest in gender equality and women’s empowerment has grown rapidly, creating a unique opportunity to institutionalize gender research within agricultural research for development. This book, edited by researchers from the CGIAR Gender Platform, reviews and reflects on the growing body of evidence from gender research. It marks a shift a way from a traditional focus on how gender analysis can contribute to improved productivity, flipping the question to ask, How does agricultural and environmental research and development contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment? Chapters synthesize the wide range of CGIAR and other research in this area, covering breeding research and seed systems, value chain participation, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, natural resources, climate adaptation and mitigation, the “feminization” of agriculture, women’s role in agricultural research, and emerging gender transformative approaches. This page also includes the synopsis: Pyburn, Rhiannon, ed.; and van Eerdewijk, Anouka, ed. 2021. Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future: Synopsis. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294202
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    Link Methodology: Gender Responsive Manual
    (Manual, 2016) Gumucio, Tatiana; Hurtado Bermudez, Jhon Jairo; Lundy, Mark M.; Mosquera Echeverry, Erika Eliana
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    Participatory gender training for community groups
    (Manual, 2016) Leder, S.; Das, D.; Reckers, A.; Karki, E.
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    Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory Methods in Plant Breeding
    (Book, 2002) Bellon, M.; Reeves, J.
    Although participatory plant breeding is gaining greater acceptance worldwide, the techniques needed to assess it are not well known. The papers in this volume address the three themes of the workshop: designing and analyzing joint experiments involving variety evaluation by farmers; identifying and analyzing farmers' evaluations of crop characteristics and varieties; and dealing with social heterogeneity and other research issues.
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    Women, men and forest research: A review of approaches, resources and methods for addressing gender.
    (Book, 2012) Pierce Colfer, Carol J.; Minarchek, Rebakah Daro
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    Participatory research methods for technology evaluation: a manual for scientists working with farmers
    (Book, 2001) Bellon, Mauricio
    This manual presents methods that enable agricultural scientist and farmers to evaluate technologies/practices jointly. The methods are specifically designed for participatory research on germplasm and soil fertility technologies, and they are illustrated with actual examples from three research projects. The manual begins by reviewing conceptual issues that are important in participatory research and presents information to assist researchers in selecting research sites and fieldwork participants. Next, the manual describes the rationale and associated methods for each major activity in farmer participatory research: diagnosing farmers’ conditions, evaluating current and new technologies/practices, and assessing their impact. Goals, procedures, advantages, and limitations of each method are outlined. The manual also presents detailed information on analyzing data gathered through participatory methods, discusses differences between gathering data through participatory methods and more traditional structured farm surveys, and offers examples, based on field experience, of the choices and strategies involved in applying these methods.
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    Equity, well-being and ecosystem health: participatory research for natural resource management
    (Book, 2000) Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
    A new vision of humanity’s relationship to nature is gathering strength. We are beginning to see our world as a living system, in which we ourselves are embedded. And we are gaining a greater awareness of our dependence on nature’s ecological services and on one other. Our emerging mental map of the world shows it as an integrated whole rather than a collection of parts. Of course, much human behavior suggests otherwise. As a result of our activities, the earth’s forests are receding, while its deserts are expanding. Topsoil is diminishing, and the ozone layer, which protects us from ultraviolet radiation, is being depleted. Concentrations of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere are rising, while the numbers of plant and animal species are shrinking. The human population continues to expand, as the gap between rich and poor widens. Nonetheless, people in all walks of life are realizing that the major problems of our time are interconnected and that the only viable solutions are those that satisfy today’s needs without diminishing future prospects. We have made a start toward building sustainable communities, in which we can fulfil our own aspirations while leaving a healthy world for tomorrow’s children. To make this vision a reality means creating equitable social and economic arrangements that protect and maintain the ecological services that earth provides--and learning to live within our ecological means. This publication shows how scientists from centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) are working with farmers, communities, and organizations to improve the health and well-being of people and our environment. Toward this end the various projects described here are developing and practicing innovative participatory approaches for research on natural resource management (NRM). This research deals with such issues as resource monitoring, policy and legal frameworks, participatory learning, collective resource management, and learning communities. The case studies presented in this publication demonstrate the critical role of participatory approaches in NRM research, highlighting the roles of different stakeholders, the significance of scales and time dimensions, the inevitability of tradeoffs, and the challenges of dealing with complexity.
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    Understanding farmers’ indicators in climate-smart agriculture prioritization in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT).
    (Book, 2016) Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia; Mwongera, Caroline; Winowiecki, Leigh Ann; Twyman, Jennifer; Läderach, Peter R.D.
    In order to increase the uptake of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies, it is important to understand the contexts in which farmers operate. Farmers use different indicators to decide whether or not to implement, what to implement, and where to implement specific technologies. Identifying and understanding such indicators can be helpful to efforts aiming to scale out adoption. The purpose of this study was to identify indicators that farmers use to prioritize agricultural innovations, in general, and CSA, in particular. Kilolo and Mbarali Districts lie in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania. Four participatory workshops, in the form of focus group discussions, were conducted in these two districts. In each district, a separate workshop was held with farmers from each agro-ecological zone (AEZ). Separate workshops were held with farmers and experts to explore differences between stakeholders and across the districts regarding perceptions of the status of soil fertility, prioritized practices, and ranking of indicators for prioritizing practices. Characterization of the AEZ, prioritization of practices, identification of indicators for prioritizing CSA, and selection of practices for demonstration as well as sites for the demonstration plots were done separately with men and women groups. Practices were prioritized using pairwise ranking, while indicators were scored on a rating scale from least important (1) to most important (5). Results showed that, both in Kilolo and Mbarali Districts, farmers perceive the status of soil fertility as poor. Up to 60 % of the workshop participants were not satisfied with the status of soil fertility in their farms. More than 80% of workshop participants in each of the four workshops reported that they practiced burning. The main reasons for burning were to save labour and time and to reduce crop–livestock conflict. The men’s group in the upland zone in Mbarali District ranked mulching, water harvesting, improved varieties, and crop rotation as the most important practices in respective order. In the lowlands, both men and women groups selected irrigation, chemical fertilizer, and crop rotation as most relevant practices. Awareness and use of the practices was low among participants in the two workshops. The most prioritized practices by the women’s group in the uplands, Kilolo District, were improved breeds and improved varieties. Intercropping was the least prioritized practice. The men’s group prioritized improved varieties and pesticides application, while irrigation and fertilizer application ranked lowest. In the lowlands, men’s and women’s groups prioritized irrigation, inorganic fertilizer and improved varieties as most important. Mulching and herbicides ranked as least prioritized. In addition, the men’s group from the lowland zone ranked pesticide application among the most important practices, while farmyard manure and zero grazing were ranked as least important. Important indicators that farmers identified to prioritize agricultural practices across the two districts included yield, income, cost, labour, availability of inputs, the status of soil fertility, and knowledge about the practices. Several practices were selected for the proposed CSA demonstration plots. The women’s group in the uplands zone in Mbarali prioritized improved crop varieties, water harvesting, mulching, and fertilizer application. The men’s group chose irrigation, herbicides, inorganic fertilizers, and seed selection. In the lowlands, improved crop varieties, inorganic fertilizer, farmyard manure, and mulching were selected by women. Men preferred seed preparation, right use of fertilizers (i.e., rate and type), integrated pest management, and improved storage. The selected important practices for demonstration in the uplands in Kilolo District were minimum tillage, soil testing, improved varieties, fertilizer application, and irrigation. Farmers in the lowlands chose production of clean seeds of different crops, such as tomatoes, beans, maize, and chillies. In addition, they were interested in learning about fertilizer application, pesticides application, and preparation and application of compost manure. The findings of this research have several implications for policy. First, there is need to increase awareness of farmers about CSA practices, particularly those that they prioritize. The finding that farmers perceive poor soil fertility but do not prioritize soil fertility management practices implies the need to promote adoption of such technologies. Thirdly, a bottom-up approach that involves working with farmers to prioritize agricultural practices suitable for their specific AEZ and preferred by either the men or women is important to inform investment of limited resources to increase food security and resilience to climate risks while minimizing trade-offs. The findings highlight indicators that influence farmers’ adoption of agricultural practices as well as constraints to implementation.
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    Types of participatory research based on locus of decision making
    (Book, 1999) Lilja, Nina; Ashby, Jacqueline A.
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    Assessing the impact of participatory research and gender analysis
    (Book, 2001) Lilja, Nina; Ashby, Jacqueline A.; Sperling, L.
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    Collective action for managing natural resources: a manual for identifying stakeholders
    (Manual, 2000) Ravnborg, Helle Munk; Guerrero, M.D.P.; Westermann, Olaf
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    Biotechnology-assisted participatory plant breeding: complement or contradiction?
    (Book, 2003) Thro, Ann Marie; Spillane, Charles
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    Women, agriculture, and rural development in Latin America
    (Book, 1985) Ashby, Jacqueline A.; Gómez Vernaza, S.
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    Participatory plant breeding and gender analysis
    (Book, 2003) Farnworth, Cathy Rozel; Jiggins, Janice
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