Game-Changing Innovations for Food System Transformation: Evidence on Women’s Inclusion in Livestock Vaccines Systems in Northern Ghana

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCARE Internationalen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierAlessandra Galiè: 0000-0001-9868-7733en_US
cg.creator.identifierImmaculate Omondi: 0000-0002-0967-1252en_US
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorNjiru, Nellyen_US
dc.contributor.authorGaliè, Alessandraen_US
dc.contributor.authorOmondi, Immaculate A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOmia, Dalmasen_US
dc.contributor.authorLoriba, Agnesen_US
dc.contributor.authorAwin, Peteren_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T12:47:55Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-04T12:47:55Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137159en_US
dc.titleGame-Changing Innovations for Food System Transformation: Evidence on Women’s Inclusion in Livestock Vaccines Systems in Northern Ghanaen_US
dcterms.abstractThere has been considerable debate on how to develop gender-equitable agri-food innovations. Much of the debate is on whether gender-accommodative approaches (GAAs) and the more-recent gendertransformative approaches (GTAs) can work and how. Evidence on best pathways for gender-equitable agri-food innovations is limited. Livestock contributes to animalsource foods and to progress toward gender-equitable agri-food systems. Gender inequality reduces women’s access to productive resources, including livestock vaccines, with negative consequences on livestock productivity and women’s empowerment. We present results of a systematic assessment of interventions by a development project—the Women Rear—and their contribution to change in gender norms, access to livestock vaccines, and women’s empowerment (WE). Qualitative data were collected from 25 single-sex and one mixed focus group discussions (FGDs) and 39 key informant interviews (KIIs) with different value chain actors to assess changes in gender norms that limit women’s ability to access livestock vaccines and their empowerment, after the GT and the GA interventions. Resulting from GTAs, the restrictive gender norms started to relax. Prior to the project, women were not allowed to own livestock, state in any context that they owned them and sell them. Now they can do all three things (albeit at different degrees). Men appreciate that these changes reduced men’s financial burden. Women’s empowerment and critical consciousness are positively associated with changes in gender norms. We recommend pathways toward more-inclusive livestock research and innovation that contribute to women’s empowerment and healthy livestock for inclusive agrifood systems.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNjiru, Nelly; Galiè, Alessandra; Omondi, Immaculate A.; Omia, Dalmas; Loriba, Agnes; Awin, Peter. 2023. Game-Changing Innovations for Food System Transformation: Evidence on Women’s Inclusion in Livestock Vaccines Systems in Northern Ghana. Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. International Livestock Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.issued2023-10-11en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.subjectgender inclusionen_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.subjectvaccinesen_US
dcterms.typePresentationen_US

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