Using technology to scale climate-smart agriculture, conservation agriculture, sustainable intensification, and nutrition interventions: Why use a GESI approach?

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeDiversification in East and Southern Africaen_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.authorNortje, Karenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-04T12:47:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-04T12:47:03Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/137050en_US
dc.titleUsing technology to scale climate-smart agriculture, conservation agriculture, sustainable intensification, and nutrition interventions: Why use a GESI approach?en_US
dcterms.abstractEast and Southern Africa is a climate hotspot, with more than US$45 billion in agricultural production at risk from higher temperatures, shorter growing seasons, and more extreme droughts and floods. Women play a strategic role in agricultural development and food security, often in labor-intensive activities. Efforts to quickly address the current water and climate challenges through innovative ways have been underscored. One of such innovations emphasized has been production technologies, recognized as potentially effective in improving agricultural incomes for farmers. While these are positive steps, there is an increasing call for technological innovations to consider the position and dynamics of marginalized farmers by ensuring that farm equipment can be operated by both men and women, while requiring less labor and time. Hence, gender-responsive agricultural technologies should close the existing gender gaps that allow marginalized groups to fight against food insecurity. Some technologies have received increased societal resistance to adoption, especially toward innovations that are introduced as ground-breaking due to sociocultural and economic values. We assess why and how a gender-equality and social-inclusion (GESI) lens is essential as a transformative approach to achieving food and climate resilience. Using the Ukama Ustawi Initiative in East and Southern Africa, we demonstrate: i) the different types of CA/CSA/ SI interventions practiced by men and women and ii) the gender implications for farmers’ uptake and why a GESI framework is relevant. This presentation focuses on the GESI framework developed for the initiative and unpacks core innovations and how a GESI approach can influence a gender-responsive outcome.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationNortje, Karen. 2023. Using technology to scale climate-smart agriculture, conservation agriculture, sustainable intensification, and nutrition interventions: Why use a GESI approach?. 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 Water Management Instituteen_US
dcterms.issued2023-10-10en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectinnpvation adoptionen_US
dcterms.typePresentationen_US

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