Gender norms and their implications for banana production and recovery in west Africa

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CM
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierRachid Hanna: 0000-0002-5715-0144en
cg.creator.identifierP. Lava Kumar: 0000-0003-4388-6510en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1108/s1529-212620190000028004en
cg.identifier.iitathemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTHen
cg.isbn978-1-83867-388-8en
cg.issn1529-2126en
cg.journalAdvances in Gender Researchen
cg.placeWest Yorkshire, Englanden
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMYen
cg.subject.iitaBANANAen
cg.subject.iitaDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.iitaGENDERen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT BREEDINGen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT DISEASESen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT HEALTHen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen
cg.volume28en
dc.contributor.authorNkengla-Asi, L.en
dc.contributor.authorOlaosebikan, O.D.en
dc.contributor.authorChe, V.S.en
dc.contributor.authorNgatat, S.en
dc.contributor.authorZandjanakou-Tachin, Martineen
dc.contributor.authorHanna, R.en
dc.contributor.authorKumar, P. Lavaen
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-02T11:16:02Zen
dc.date.available2020-03-02T11:16:02Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/107345
dc.titleGender norms and their implications for banana production and recovery in west Africaen
dcterms.abstractThis study uses the social relations framework to explore gender norms and relations surrounding banana production and banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) containment in six pilot communities in Cameroon and Nigeria. The objective of the study is to understand how gender norms and relations shape and influence access to information and benefit-sharing of productive resources among men and women banana farmers and implications for banana production recovery in the BBTD-affected regions and disease management. Twelve, sex-disaggregated focus group discussions with 120 farmers (78 women and 42 men banana farmers) and 24 key informants were conducted. Data on banana production, access to and decision-making rights over productive resources and social and gender norms influencing adoption were collected. Data were analyzed using a systematic content analysis approach. Results show inequalities stemming from inherent gender and social norms related to access to and decision making over productive resources limiting especially women farmers’ ability to effectively engage in training programs that could lead to adoption of recommendations and technologies. Opportunities to effectively participate in training activities were influenced by gender norms related to household decision making, gender-based labor division and multiple household tasks. Interventions and strategies to contain the spread of BBTD should consider gender-based constraints and opportunities embedded in the communities for optimal results. Social and gender differentiations that impede women should be addressed for inclusive participation. Failure to address harmful norms and gender differentiation in the underlying social structures will benefit one group of people in the community over another.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2019-11-22en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNkengla-Asi, L., Olaosebikan, O.D., Che, V.S., Ngatat, S., Zandjanakou-Tachin, M., Hanna, R. & Kumar, P.L. (2019). Gender norms and their implications for banana production and recovery in West Africa. In M. T. Segal, K. Kelly and V. Demos, Gender and practice: knowledge, policy, organizations. West Yorkshire, England: Emerald Publishing Limited (p. 61-75).en
dcterms.extent61-75en
dcterms.issued2019-11-22en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherEmeralden
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectbananasen
dcterms.subjectproductionen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen
dcterms.subjectafricaen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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