Gender, Forestry and Natural Resources
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Item How women’s access to small reservoirs can improve household livelihoods in northern Ghana(Brief, 2016) Balana, Bedru; Appoh, Richard K.; Addy, Paulina S.; Ashitei, Gideon; Odonkor, Elsie; Nimoh, FredItem Gender and forest, tree and agroforestry value chains: evidence from literature(Book Chapter, 2016) Ingram, V.J.; Haverhals, M.; Petersen, S.; Elias, Marlène; Basnett, B.S.; Phosiso, S.Item Looking forward in gender and forestry related research and praxis(Book Chapter, 2016) Elias, Marlène; Basnett, B.S.; Colfer, C.J.P.Item Gender and forests: climate change, tenure, value chains and emerging issues(Book, 2016) Colfer, C.J.P.; Basnett, B.S.; Elias, MarlèneFocusing particularly on tropical forests, the book presents both local case studies and global comparative studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as the US and Europe. The studies range from personal histories of elderly American women’s attitudes toward conservation, to a combined qualitative / quantitative international comparative study on REDD+, to a longitudinal examination of oil palm and gender roles over time in Kalimantan. Issues are examined across scales, from the household to the nation state and the global arena; and reach back to the past to inform present and future considerations.Item A gender box analysis of forest management and conservation(Book Chapter, 2016) Colfer, C.J.P.; Elias, Marlène; Basnett, B.S.Item Access right to food tree species: the case of women access to nere (Parkia biglobosa) in Central-West Burkina Faso(Conference Paper, 2016) Pehou, C.A.K.; Djoudi, H.; Vinceti, B.This paper first presents a clustering of women based on the characterization of their distinct access rights to néré. Secondly, the types of access rights are characterized also in spatial terms, based on the type of land use where the women harvesting is exercised.Item Access to forest resources: women's rights to Parkia biglobosa in three villages in Central-West Burkina Faso(Conference Paper, 2016) Pehou, C.A.K.; Djoudi, H.; Vinceti, B.Parkia biglobosa, a NTFP tree species commonly known as "néré" is particularly important in the diet of rural and urban populations in the Sudano-Sahelian zone. The seeds are processed into a highly nutritious sauce, called "soumbala", combined with cereal dishes. While néré is very popular, its occurrence is declining because of various threats hindering its regeneration. In a condition of increasing scarcity of néré and increasing demand, changes in use and access rights, depending on the social status of harvesters, are taking place. Harvesting is an activity carried out by women. Although they depend on NTFP in general, and on néré in particular, to procure food for the household and for income generation, they have no secure access to tree resources. This study focused on the analysis of the dynamics of women's access rights and control over néré in three villages in Central-West Burkina Faso, inhabited by three ethnic groups (Nouni, Mossi and Fulani) with specific and differentiated modes of access to the land. The approach adopted enabled to individually follow in the field each woman involved in the study and observe tree-specific conditions of access. Individual access rights of 180 women to 400 exploited trees were investigated. The findings indicate a different access for land and for trees. While access to trees and harvesting rights of women are stable and almost uniform in the land occupied by forest, within the boundaries of the household or within the territory attributed to a particular lineage, women are affected by gains or losses of rights to use néré that are highly dependent on changes in land tenure. These changes are associated with the transfer of land rights from a person to another through the processes of inheritance, renting, lending and sale. In addition, these access rights to néré are considerably differentiated based on a hierarchical system defined by ethnicity and position in the household. Understanding the differentiated tree tenure in a multi ethnical context of Burkina Faso will help to develop sustainable and equitable protection measures and policies, based on local management practices.Item Exploring gender and forest, tree and agroforestry value chains: Evidence and lessons from a systematic review(Brief, 2016) Haverhals, M.; Ingram, V.J.; Elias, Marlène; Basnett, B.S.; Petersen, S.This systematic review of literature on gender and value chains of forest, tree and agroforestry (FTA) products examined gender differences and inequalities in FTA value chains, factors that influence these differences, and interventions to foster greater gender equity. There is limited information available on gender in FTA value chains, and a strong bias in the literature towards African countries. Gender differences in participation mainly owe to social-cultural factors, including gendered access rights, and to the physical nature of value chain activities. Cultural norms and overlapping customary and formal regulatory arrangements often position men in more favorable positions than women in FTA value chains. Interventions in FTA value chains largely focus on enhancing women’s participation and benefits, but rarely consider the relationships between men and women. Raising awareness of gender biases, relations and potential trade-offs among those involved in value chains and those supporting inclusive value chain development should accompany technological innovations, and should occur across multiple stages of the value chain.Item Webinar: Género, agroforestería y cambio climático en América Latina(Video, 2016-11-23) International Center for Tropical AgricultureEste webinar buscó proveer hallazgos recientes de investigaciones empíricas en género y agroforestería en países latinoamericanos, a tomadores de decisiones de los sectores agropecuarios y ambientales y profesionales involucrados en el desarrollo rural en América Latina, con el fin de promover la integración de género en la formulación de políticas e intervenciones de cambio climático. Específicamente, los objetivos del webinar incluyeron: Compartir nuevas investigaciones de Sur y Centro América sobre género, agroforestería y cambio climático con tomadores de decisiones y profesionales en América Latina; y Discutir experiencias y buenas prácticas para la integración de género en la formulación de políticas e intervenciones en agricultura, agroforestería y cambio climático. Hay dos partes - https://youtu.be/wQB_r7LeSng y https://youtu.be/-NjoUvKHxXU.Item Exploring local knowledge and preferences for shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) ethnovarieties in Southwest Burkina Faso through a gender and ethnic lens(Journal Article, 2017-01-02) Karambiri, Mawa; Elias, Marlène; Vinceti, B.; Grosse, A.In Africa’s ‘shea belt’, the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) plays a central role in rural livelihoods and ecosystems. Yet, it faces many threats. The aim of this study is to examine local people’s classification systems and preferences for shea ethnovarieties in Burkina Faso to support domestication efforts that respect local priorities. Work was carried out among the Bobo, Sambla, Mosse and FulBe ethnic groups in two villages in south-west Burkina Faso. Participatory characterization and ranking matrices were used with 10 groups segregated by gender and ethnicity to understand if knowledge and preferences for shea ethnovarieties vary between gender and ethnic groups. Results show a general agreement across groups about top-cited ethnovariety names, characteristics and key criteria defining the classification system. Participants identified a total of 25 shea ethnovarieties according to 11 primary fruit and nut variants. The number of ethnovarieties cited varied slightly across groups, with greater consistency across ethnicities than across gender groups. Each ethnic and gender group identified certain ethnovarieties not cited by their ethnic or gender counterparts. Two ethnovarieties – ‘small shea fruit’ and ‘big shea fruit’ – were preferred across groups. The study highlights the value of gender-sensitive participatory research for understanding local botanical knowledge and preferences.Item Bearing the fruits of action: Bioversity’s gender responsive forestry research(Brief, 2015) Elias, MarlèneItem Strengthening women’s tenure rights and participation in community forestry(Brief, 2016) Mukasa, Concepta; Tibazalika, Alice; Mwangi, Esther; Banana, Abwoli Y.; Bomuhangi, Allan; Bushoborozi, JimmyItem Participatory Research For Natural Resource Management: Continuing to Learn Together(Conference Proceedings, 1999) CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation; Natural Resources InstituteCase studies on participatory research for natural resource managementItem Women, men and forest research: A review of approaches, resources and methods for addressing gender.(Book, 2012) Pierce Colfer, Carol J.; Minarchek, Rebakah DaroItem The gender box: A framework for analysing gender roles in forest management(Book, 2013) Pierce Colfer, Carol J.Item Collaborative monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment: Experiences assessing the impact of improved fallows and biomass transfer in western Kenya(Journal Article, 2008-01) Franzel, Steven; Nanok, Tutui; Wangia, SabinaThere is considerable literature available on assessing the impact of rural innovations from the perspective of a particular discipline, e.g., economics or sociology, and from the farmers’ own perspective, e.g., participatory monitoring and evaluation. But little has been written about collaborative monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment, that is, how a group of diverse stakeholder organizations working in a particular location promoting similar innovations can work together to monitor and evaluate their work and assess their impact. The objective of this paper is to assess the experience of 30 organizations working together over a four year period, 1999-2003, to assess their impact in helping farmers to develop, adapt and adopt two soil fertility practices aimed at improving household livelihoods in western Kenya. The two practices were biomass transfer (cutting leaves and applying them as green manure) and improved fallows (enriching or replacing natural fallows with planted, nitrogen-fixing shrubs). Researchers of ICRAF, the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), and the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) in partnership with farmers developed the practices in the mid-1990s, in response to farmers’ soil fertility problems and their lack of cash for buying mineral fertilizer. The following section describes the study area, and research and dissemination activities concerning the two practices. Next the collaborative exercises on monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment are described, followed by the results of the assessments of biomass transfer and improved fallows. Finally, the impact of these exercises is discussed, highlighting the effect of the process and findings on the participating organizations.Item Mid-term evaluation of CATIE's program on ecologically-based participatory implementation of IPM and agroforestry in Nicaragua and Central America (CATI-MIP/AF) Phase III(Report, 2002-03-13) Braun, Ann R.; Covault, Mariela; Mercado, Julio; Peters, DalCATIE-MIP/AF is a well-conceived and well-managed program that has capitalized on lessons learned in previous phases and from other programs. It developed in response to the weakening of the extension function within national agricultural systems in Central America and has contributed to the reorientation of the linear transfer-of-technology model prevailing in Nicaragua and other Central American Countries into a participatory extension approach that links farm families, extensionists, researchers and trainers, and decision-makers. The participatory methodologies developed by the program are a major strength in addressing challenges posed by modern-day complexity, uncertainty and dynamism in agriculture and natural resource management by farmers. The Program has catalyzed the establishment of a field-based multi-level, multi-institutional platform for participatory development and extension of technology for three important Central American farming systems, coffee, vegetables and basic grains (maize and beans), combining these with a broad array of ecological practices based on principles of agroforestry, integrated pest management, and natural resource conservation. The participatory capacity-building supported by the program develops powers of ecological reasoning, and incorporates a gender and family focus. The program has supported participatory training of 19,964 farmers, 861extensionists, 133 trainers (specialists) and has involved 380 decision-makers in joint planning and public monitoring of the process. Benefits to participating farmers of at least US$3.7 million have accrued during the first three years of the program. High priorities during the remaining two years of the program include Sustained effort in: systematization of program experience, promotion of institutional learning in CATIE about the MIP/AF experience; capacity-building to develop ecological reasoning; development of the regionalization process for scaling-out the work of the program to pilot areas in other Central Amercian countries capacity-building work on basic grains, The mission also recommends formulation of a plan to ensure devolution of the field based, multi-level, multi-institutional process in Nicaragua and elswhere when appropriate. This could occur by establishment of a process for promoting proposal development by counterparts, and by the program, that will ensure the future integrity of the multinstitutional platform and of the integrated MIP/AF focus. The review mission recommends further sustained funding counterpart organisations and to the program. The mission sees a need for developing empresarial reasoning as a complement to the current focus on ecological reasoning. Combining the two within a new cycle of funding involving both counterpart organisations and CATIE will increase the sustainability of achievements and the chances of significant impact on poverty alleviation in the future.Item Impact of participatory natural resource management research in cassava-based cropping systems in Vietnam and Thailand(Working Paper, 2005) Dalton, Timothy J.; Lilja, Nina; Johnson, Nancy L.; Howeler, Reinhardt H.In South-east Asia, many of the poorest farmers live in areas with limited potential for crop production. Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important crop on these soils, because it is easy to grow, requires few external inputs and its roots and leaves can be used as human or animal feed. Cassava is also planted as an industrial crop for the production of animal feed and starch where market conditions are developed. The wide variety of end uses makes it a popular crop and an effective vehicle for improving the livelihood of poor upland farmers.Item Cost of doing a research: comparing participatory and conventional silviculture research in Nepal(Conference Paper, 2005-10-21) Acharya, K; Goutam, KParticipatory forestry known as community forestry is now widely adopted as a means to develop sustainable rural livelihoods. It is focused on forest management and improved access to multiple forest products. The diverse needs of communities living in different climatic and ecological zones and under different socio-economic conditions have imposed a pattern of a multitude of localized forestry research studies in Nepal. The increasing demand for forestry products can only be met through the development, adoption and implementation of innovative technologies in managing forest resources. Thus, forestry research in Nepal has the responsibility for providing useful and updated information for the management of declining forest resources both to local users and to centrally located policy makers. The traditional research has largely failed to provide this information and respond to the challenges of sustainable forestry development in Nepal and has largely been constrained with the lack of financial resources. The Department of Forest Research and Survey under the Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation has initiated participatory research approach in mid 90's with a view to develop methodologies suitable to address multiple demands of people living in heterogeneous conditions. The vision is of an effective and powerful partnership of civil and government stakeholders agreeing a research programme, providing resources, executing and evaluating it continuously and effectively. The paper presents the costs evaluation of two research sites on forest silviculture and management for a period of 6 years from two research sites. The first study is a conventional silviculture research established by the department seeking appropriate management options for Sal (Shorea robusta) forest. Similarly, the focus of the second plot is to explore the management potential of Sal forests in the mid hills of Nepal. The second research is a participatory carried out in partnerships with a forest user group in a community forests. The paper analyses nature of the costs, magnitude, structure, and temporal behaviors of the costs at various stages of research planning and management process. In addition, nature and share of these costs among the department and the participant forest users group is compared. There is considerable variation in the structure and magnitude of the costs in participatory and conventional research. The result clearly provides evidences that participatory research is significantly cheaper compared to conventional forestry research. The research establishment, protection and maintenance costs are drastically lower in participatory research. The information provides evidences for research manager to justify its existence by providing the results and answers required by its clients in the fight against poverty, forest degradation and environmental deterioration. The cost evaluation and adoption of participatory research can justify the use of scarce resources and demonstrate researchers ability to provide the information needed by clients and make the research institution effective and functional.Item Pham Thu Thuy on Gender and women's participation in REDD+(Video, 2015-03-23) CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food SecurityGender and women's participation in REDD+ national decision-making in Vietnam Presentation by Pham Thu Thuy from CIFOR at the seminar on Closing the gender gap in farming under climate change held 19 March 2015 in Paris. Read more about the event: http://bit.ly/18SCcGG