The impact of agricultural extension programs on women’s empowerment in agriculture and food systems in the global south: A systematic review

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Californiaen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://escholarship.org/uc/item/9pv1j7hhen_US
cg.placeDavis, Californiaen_US
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorAcosta, S.L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-05T09:11:45Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-11-05T09:11:45Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158532en_US
dc.titleThe impact of agricultural extension programs on women’s empowerment in agriculture and food systems in the global south: A systematic reviewen_US
dcterms.abstractThis systematic review examines the best agricultural extension methods in the context of women’s empowerment, centering improvements in agency, achievements, and resources. Agricultural extension programs use projects and trainings to improve a community’s agriculture system by disseminating information through individual or group trainings, focus groups, on-farm demonstrations, or through the transfer of technologies. Many extension programs work in rural, impoverished communities. Unfortunately, extension practitioners often overlook women’s roles, failing to consider how the program may affect them, despite women being the primary farm laborers [2]. In this thesis research, I analyzed studies published since 2000 with the coding assistance of other students and my advisor. The studies included in this systematic review include at least one dimension of women’s empowerment (or disempowerment). In this review, I investigated the extension practices with highest retention rates, adaptability, and consideration for cultural and social realities to understand how agricultural extension empowers women. Most studies in this review involved communities in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia and provided training on the several different types of agriculture topics: irrigation, climate change resilience, inputs and fertilizer, plant breeding, and more. Using online databases like SCOPUS and Agricola, I gathered 62,517 papers and narrowed them down to the 90 final papers analyzed in this systematic review, through an extensive series of reviewing and coding. Using Naila Kabeer’s multidimensional empowerment research [7] as a theoretical framework, I found that most studies that measured women’s empowerment had indicated some level of empowerment while some did have unintended consequences provoking disempowerment while others showed empowerment in unintended areas. In this systematic review, I offer insight to understand women’s roles in agricultural communities and the significant socio-economic implications that may occur as a result from empowerment agendas in extension.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAcosta, S.L. 2024. The impact of agricultural extension programs on women’s empowerment in agriculture and food systems in the global south: A systematic review. MSc thesis in International Agricultural Development. Davis, University of California.en_US
dcterms.issued2024en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherUniversity of Californiaen_US
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural extensionen_US
dcterms.subjectwomen's empowermenten_US
dcterms.typeThesisen_US

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