Gender mainstreaming in sweet potato breeding in Uganda

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UGen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorSsali, Reuben T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMayanja, Sarahen_US
dc.contributor.authorNakitto, Mariamen_US
dc.contributor.authorMwende, Janeten_US
dc.contributor.authorTinyiro, Samuel Edgaren_US
dc.contributor.authorBayiyana, Ireneen_US
dc.contributor.authorOkello, Juliusen_US
dc.contributor.authorForsythe, Loraen_US
dc.contributor.authorMagala, Damalieen_US
dc.contributor.authorYada, Benarden_US
dc.contributor.authorMwanga, Robert O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPolar, Vivianen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T12:46:23Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-04T12:46:23Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/136926en_US
dc.titleGender mainstreaming in sweet potato breeding in Ugandaen_US
dcterms.abstractPurpose: In Uganda, sweet potato is typically a “women’s crop” grown by smallholder farmers for food and income. Farmers value sweet potato for its early maturity, resilience to stresses, and minimal input requirements. However, productivity remains low despite the effort of breeding programs to introduce new varieties. Low uptake of new varieties is partly attributed to previous focus by breeders on agronomic traits and much less on quality traits and the diverse preferences of men and women in sweet potato value chains. Method: To address this gap, breeders, food scientists, and social scientists (including gender specialists) systematically mainstreamed gender into the breeding program. This multidisciplinary approach, grounded in examining gender roles and their relationship with varietal and trait preferences, integrated important traits into product profiles. Results: Building on earlier efforts of participatory plant breeding and participatory varietal selection, new interventions revealed subtle but important gender differences in preferences. For instance, in a study for the RTBfoods project, women prioritized mealiness, sweetness, firmness and nonfibrous boiled roots. These were further subjected to a rigorous gender analysis using the G+ product profile query tool (Ashby and Polar, 2021; CGIAR 2021). The breeding pipelines then incorporated these gender-responsive priority quality traits, prompting the development of standard operating procedures to phenotype the PQTs. Conclusion: The product advancement and joint decision-making meetings have further positioned sweet potato breeding to better respond to the varying needs and preferences of the usersen_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSsali, Reuben T.; Mayanja, Sarah; Nakitto, Mariam; Mwende, Janet; Tinyiro, Samuel Edgar; Bayiyana, Irene; Okello, Julius; Forsythe, Lora; Magala, Damalie; Yada, Benard; Mwanga, Robert O.; Polar, Vivian. 2023. Gender mainstreaming in sweet potato breeding in Uganda. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. International Potato Centeren_US
dcterms.issued2023-10-10en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Potato Centeren_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.subjectplant breedingen_US
dcterms.subjectsweet potatoesen_US
dcterms.typePresentationen_US

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