Gender Mainstreaming in Sweetpotato Breeding in Uganda: A Case Study

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of East Angliaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agricultural Research Organization, Ugandaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen_US
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen_US
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdomen_US
cg.coverage.countryUgandaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierReuben SSALI Tendo: 0000-0002-8143-6564en_US
cg.creator.identifierSarah Mayanja: 0000-0002-9698-0036en_US
cg.creator.identifierMariam Nakitto: 0000-0002-4140-7216en_US
cg.creator.identifierJulius Juma Okello: 0000-0003-2217-2770en_US
cg.creator.identifierRobert Mwanga: 0000-0003-4405-2745en_US
cg.creator.identifierVivian Polar: 0000-0001-6004-6658en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1233102en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2297-7775en_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Sociologyen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.cipBREEDINGen_US
cg.subject.cipGENDERen_US
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATOESen_US
cg.subject.cipSWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformGenderen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
cg.volume8en_US
dc.contributor.authorSsali, R.T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMayanja, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNakitto, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMutiso, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTinyiro, S.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBayiyana, I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOkello, J.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorForsythe, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMagala, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYada, B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMwanga, Robert O.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPolar, Vivianen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-15T15:29:22Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-12-15T15:29:22Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/135440en_US
dc.titleGender Mainstreaming in Sweetpotato Breeding in Uganda: A Case Studyen_US
dcterms.abstractPurpose: In Uganda, sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) is typically a "woman's crop", grown, processed, stored and also mainly consumed by smallholder farmers for food and income. Farmers value sweetpotato for its early maturity, resilience to stresses, and minimal input requirements. However, productivity remains low despite the effort of breeding programs to introduce new varieties. Low uptake of new varieties is partly attributed to previous focus by breeders on agronomic traits and much less on quality traits and the diverse preferences of men and women in sweetpotato value chains.To address this gap, breeders, food scientists, and social scientists (including gender specialists) systematically mainstreamed gender into the breeding program. This multidisciplinary approach, grounded in examining gender roles and their relationship with varietal and trait preferences, integrated important traits into product profiles.Results: Building on earlier efforts of participatory plant breeding and participatory varietal selection, new interventions showed subtle but important gender differences in preferences. For instance, in a study for the RTBFoods project, women prioritized mealiness, sweetness, firmness and non-fibrous boiled roots. These were further subjected to a rigorous gender analysis using the G+ product profile query tool. The breeding pipelines then incorporated these gender-responsive priority quality traits, prompting the development of standard operating procedures to phenotype these traits. This is a provisional file, not the final typeset article Conclusion: Following an all-inclusive approach coupled with traininig of multidisciplinary teams involving food scientists, breeders, biochemists, gender specialists and social scientists, integration into participatory variety selection in Uganda enabled accentuation of women and men's trait preferences, contributing to clearer breeding targets. The research has positioned sweetpotato breeding to better respond to the varying needs and preferences of the users.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2023-12-15en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSsali, R.T.; Mayanja, S.; Nakitto, M.; Mutiso, J.; Tinyiro, S.E.; Bayiyana, I.; Okello, J.J.; Forsythe, L.; Magala, D.; Yada, B.; Mwanga, R.O.M.; Campos, H. 2023. Gender Mainstreaming in Sweetpotato Breeding in Uganda: A Case Study. Frontiers in Sociology. ISSN 2297-7775. 12 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2023-12-15en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectplant breedingen_US
dcterms.subjecttrait preferencesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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