Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countryMalawien_US
cg.coverage.countryUzbekistanen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MWen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UZen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionCentral Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierNicole Lefore: 0000-0003-1649-2479en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5337/2017.217en_US
cg.isbn9789290908586en_US
cg.issn2522-710en_US
cg.issn2522-7076en_US
cg.number6en_US
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorLefore, Nicoleen_US
dc.contributor.authorWeight, Elizabethen_US
dc.contributor.authorMukhamedova, Nozilakhonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-16T08:41:36Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-04-16T08:41:36Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92079en_US
dc.titleImproving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistanen_US
dcterms.abstractThis paper provides a brief synthesis of research conducted on gender in irrigation, and the tools and frameworks used in the past to promote improvement for women in on-farm agricultural water management. It then presents results from the pilot of the Gender in Irrigation Learning and Improvement Tool (GILIT) in locations in Malawi and Uzbekistan in 2015. Through the results of the tool, the paper looks at benefit sharing between men and women farmers: (i) access to irrigation scheme resources (including information, for example, in the design phase; land, water and other inputs); (ii) participation in scheme management; and (iii) access to scheme benefits, including access to market information, packaging and payments. The indicators for the tool were modelled after principles reflected in existing gender policies and strategies, and intended to improve performance at field level in line with national and regional goals. The paper concludes with informal and formal constraints to gender-equitable outcomes from irrigation investments identified during the pilot, and suggests how the tool can be used by various development actors to improve the benefits for women from investments in agricultural water management.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2017en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLefore, Nicole; Weight, Elizabeth; Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon. 2017. Improving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistan. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 31p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 6) doi: 10.5337/2017.217en_US
dcterms.extent31p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfWLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Seriesen_US
dcterms.issued2017en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-SAen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89017en_US
dcterms.subjectresearch and developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectgender equityen_US
dcterms.subjecttraining programmesen_US
dcterms.subjecton-farm productionen_US
dcterms.subjectassessmenten_US
dcterms.subjectirrigation schemesen_US
dcterms.subjectwomen's participationen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.subjectproductivityen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunity involvementen_US
dcterms.subjectwater managementen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural productionen_US
dcterms.subjectwater allocationen_US
dcterms.subjectparticipationen_US
dcterms.subjectperformance evaluationen_US
dcterms.subjectresource managementen_US
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen_US
dcterms.subjectinvestmenten_US
dcterms.subjectfarmersen_US
dcterms.typeBooken_US

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