Women’s roles and opportunities in cassava value chains in Son La province in Vietnam: A technical report

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorNorthern mountainous Agriculture and Forestry Science Instituteen
cg.coverage.countryVietnam
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2VN
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.creator.identifierNozomi Kawarazuka: 0000-0002-7806-1247en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4160/9789290606192en
cg.isbn978-92-9060-620-8en
cg.placeLima, Peruen
cg.subject.cipANDEAN ROOTS AND TUBERSen
cg.subject.cipGENDERen
cg.subject.cipIMPACT ASSESSMENTen
cg.subject.cipINCLUSIVE GROWTHen
dc.contributor.authorKawarazuka, Nozomien
dc.contributor.authorBui, Trangen
dc.contributor.authorPhan, CH.en
dc.contributor.authorHoang, TX.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-30T21:13:02Zen
dc.date.available2021-11-30T21:13:02Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116412
dc.titleWomen’s roles and opportunities in cassava value chains in Son La province in Vietnam: A technical reporten
dcterms.abstractCassava is a major export-oriented cash crop in Vietnam. Unlike other cash crops, such as coffee, fruits, and maize, cassava requires limited agricultural input and labour and can grow in nutrient-poor uplands. Research on cassava breeding, seed systems and value chains in Southeast Asia is increasingly focused on market-oriented aspects such as developing hybrid varieties favourable to the cassava starch industry, disease control on large scale farms, and seed systems driven by the private sector. However, in the northern mountainous areas of Vietnam, ethnic minority farmers use cassava roots, leaves and sticks for numerous reasons, including starch production, fish and animal feed, firewood, and home consumption. Women play significant roles in those non market-oriented activities (often collecting left-over small roots in the field, drying roots, and cutting leaves and stems) but little is known about how this work influences women’s roles, decision-making and opportunities in cassava value chains. Hence, this study provides that data with an eye to see how women may find more opportunity for creating small business enterprises with cassava. Fieldwork was conducted in July 2021 in the Chieng La commune (Thuan Chau district) and the Muong Bon Commune (Mai Son district). Findings show that although women are less involved in decision making on cassava production and overall agricultural investment, they play important roles in cassava production and post-harvest activities. Therefore, it is extremely important to collect and analyze women’s preferences, concerns and constraints in cassava research and interventions. In the conclusion, we highlight additional areas for research on this topic.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-11en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKawarazuka, N., Bui, T., Phan, CH. and Hoang, TX. (2021). Women’s roles and opportunities in cassava value chains in Son La province in Vietnam: A technical report. International Potato Center: Lima, Peru. 18 pp.en
dcterms.extent18 p.en
dcterms.issued2021-11en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Potato Centeren
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.typeReport

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