Helpers, employees or owners: Opportunities for women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwisscontacten
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countryHondurasen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2HNen
cg.coverage.regionAmericasen
cg.coverage.regionCentral Americaen
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbeanen
cg.creator.identifierManuel Francisco Moreno Bustamante: 0000-0002-0175-3595en
cg.creator.identifierJennifer Twyman: 0000-0002-8581-5668en
cg.creator.identifierLuisa María Claros Trujillo: 0000-0001-7513-2743en
cg.creator.identifierCarlos Humberto Suazo Cáceres: 0000-0002-1100-861xen
cg.creator.identifierJennifer Wiegel: 0000-0002-6043-2185en
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatGENDER AND EQUITYen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatMARKETSen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatVALUE CHAINSen
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
dc.contributor.authorMoreno Bustamante, Manuel Franciscoen
dc.contributor.authorTwyman, Jenniferen
dc.contributor.authorClaros Trujillo, Luisa Maríaen
dc.contributor.authorSuazo, Carlosen
dc.contributor.authorWiegel, Jennifer Rebeccaen
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-23T09:27:55Zen
dc.date.available2023-11-23T09:27:55Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134678
dc.titleHelpers, employees or owners: Opportunities for women’s empowerment in agricultural value chainsen
dcterms.abstractCurrently there is little evidence on differentiated gender roles and empowerment in value chains in the Latin America region and few comparative analyses on value chains and between value chain nodes. In this study, we examine different indicators of women’s empowerment among the production and processing nodes of two agricultural value chains—cashew and dairy—in Honduras to understand whether and how women’s roles in the value chains are related to their empowerment. We used qualitative data collected in interviews, participatory workshops and focus groups, and quantitative data from intrahousehold surveys. Qualitative data assessed and compared men’s and women’s participation in productive tasks, decisionmaking, asset ownership, and gender norms and beliefs about appropriate activities within value chains. Quantitatively, we analyzed data on households, agricultural production, processing activities and women’s empowerment indicators (using the A-WEAI). The results suggest that levels of empowerment differ (as measured by the A-WEAI) between value chains and at different levels of value chain nodes. Women in processing nodes have lower levels of empowerment than those in production nodes, which contrasts with literature results. Indeed, in other regions such as Africa or Asia, women’s empowerment has been found higher in the processing node because of greater employment opportunities. In our case, the various indicators of empowerment show that women in processing nodes in Honduras face greater time burdens associated with employment and care, which contributes to lower empowerment. The relevance of the study lies in addressing methodological and knowledge gaps in the region.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMoreno Bustamante, M.F.; Twyman, J.; Claros, L.; Suazo, C.; Wiegel, J. (2023) Helpers, employees or owners: Opportunities for women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. Rome: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT.en
dcterms.issued2023-10-11en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0en
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectempowermenten
dcterms.subjectrole of womenen
dcterms.typePresentationen

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