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
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.countryUzbekistan
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MW
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UZ
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionCentral Asia
cg.creator.identifierNicole Lefore: 0000-0003-1649-2479en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5337/2017.217en
cg.isbn9789290908586en
cg.issn2522-710en
cg.issn2522-7076en
cg.number6en
cg.placeColombo, Sri Lankaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorLefore, Nicoleen
dc.contributor.authorWeight, Elizabethen
dc.contributor.authorMukhamedova, Nozilakhonen
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-16T08:41:36Zen
dc.date.available2018-04-16T08:41:36Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92079
dc.titleImproving gender equity in irrigation: application of a tool to promote learning and performance in Malawi and Uzbekistanen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2017en
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
dcterms.extent31p.en
dcterms.isPartOfWLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Seriesen
dcterms.issued2017en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-SA
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89017en
dcterms.subjectresearch and developmenten
dcterms.subjectgender equityen
dcterms.subjecttraining programmesen
dcterms.subjecton-farm productionen
dcterms.subjectassessmenten
dcterms.subjectirrigation schemesen
dcterms.subjectwomen's participationen
dcterms.subjectwomenen
dcterms.subjectproductivityen
dcterms.subjectcommunity involvementen
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productionen
dcterms.subjectwater allocationen
dcterms.subjectparticipationen
dcterms.subjectperformance evaluationen
dcterms.subjectresource managementen
dcterms.subjectdecision makingen
dcterms.subjectinvestmenten
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.typeBook

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