Integrating gender into Kenya’s evolving seed policies and regulations for roots and tubers

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen_US
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananasen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4160/23096586rtbwp20213en_US
cg.issn2309-6586en_US
cg.numberRTB Working Paper/en_US
cg.placeLima, Peruen_US
cg.subject.cipANDEAN ROOTS AND TUBERSen_US
dc.contributor.authorSulle, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMudege, Netsayi N.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-10T01:56:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-02-10T01:56:03Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/118033en_US
dc.titleIntegrating gender into Kenya’s evolving seed policies and regulations for roots and tubersen_US
dcterms.abstractIn many developing countries where farmers grow vegetatively propagated crops (VPCs), they are often unable to increase on-farm productivity partly due to limited access to quality seeds. Yet, seed policy and legal frameworks for VPCs in many countries show a limited consideration of the specific characteristics of the seed systems for root, tuber and banana crops. Moreover, there is a lack of understanding of how the implementation of current seed policy frameworks affect participation by men and women as either seed producers or seed users. This paper examines the Kenyan seed policy processes and discusses the gender-sensitivity of how seed policy decisions are made in order to understand how these can be made gender sensitive. It unpacks the context in which seed policies are implemented; how the content of seed policies can differently affect men and women farmers’ participation in seed production and access to seed; and provides recommendations on how seed policy can be made more inclusive. In many developing countries where farmers grow vegetatively propagated crops (VPCs), they are often unable to increase on-farm productivity partly due to limited access to quality seeds. Yet, seed policy and legal frameworks for VPCs in many countries show a limited consideration of the specific characteristics of the seed systems for root, tuber and banana crops. Moreover, there is a lack of understanding of how the implementation of current seed policy frameworks affect participation by men and women as either seed producers or seed users. This paper examines the Kenyan seed policy processes and discusses the gender-sensitivity of how seed policy decisions are made in order to understand how these can be made gender sensitive. It unpacks the context in which seed policies are implemented; how the content of seed policies can differently affect men and women farmers’ participation in seed production and access to seed; and provides recommendations on how seed policy can be made more inclusive.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen_US
dcterms.audienceDonorsen_US
dcterms.audienceExtensionen_US
dcterms.audienceFarmersen_US
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen_US
dcterms.audienceNGOsen_US
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2021-12en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSulle, E.; Mudege, N. (2021). Integrating gender into Kenya’s evolving seed policies and regulations for roots and tubers. CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center. No. 2021-3. Available online at: www.rtb.cgiar.orgen_US
dcterms.extent47 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfRTB Working Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2021-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Potato Centeren_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectseed systemsen_US
dcterms.subjectrootsen_US
dcterms.subjecttubersen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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