Gender trait preferences among smallholder cowpea farmers in northern Ghana: lessons from a case study

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cg.contributor.affiliationCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghanaen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1260407en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2297-7775en
cg.journalFrontiers in Sociologyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactPlatformGender
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
cg.volume8-2023en
dc.contributor.authorJinbaani, Alhassan Nuhuen
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, Emmanuel Yawen
dc.contributor.authorMohammedm Abdul-Razaken
dc.contributor.authorTengey, Theophilus Kwablaen
dc.contributor.authorMawunya, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorKusi, Francisen
dc.contributor.authorMohammed, Harunaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T15:21:18Zen
dc.date.available2024-01-26T15:21:18Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138619
dc.titleGender trait preferences among smallholder cowpea farmers in northern Ghana: lessons from a case studyen
dcterms.abstractIntroduction: This case study reports on how a gender responsive breeding program contributes to meeting the trait preference of men and women for improved cowpea varieties in northern Ghana. Methods: Fifty-eight early-maturing, medium-maturing and dual-purpose cowpea lines were planted at the CSIR-SARI research fields and women and men farmers invited for participatory plant breeding (PPB) in 2016. Selected lines from the PPB were further evaluated in 2017 using participatory varietal selection (PVS) in 5 districts in northern Ghana. In addition, 20 focus group discussions (FGDs) were held in 2018 in 10 randomly selected communities with 260 participants (130 women and 130 men) across the districts where the PVS had been held previously. Results and discussion: The study finds drought tolerance, short cooking time and pest resistance to be the most preferred cowpea traits among both men and women. The study also finds that gender differences exist in trait preference, especially for traits such as seed coat color, earliness, pod above canopy and indeterminate growth habit. As breeding programs focus on improving genetic gains for tolerance of biotic and abiotic stresses, equal attention must be given to breeding for traits desired by women.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-10-12en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJinbaani AN, Owusu EY, Mohammed A-R, Tengey TK, Mawunya M, Kusi F and Mohammed H (2023) Gender trait preferences among smallholder cowpea farmers in northern Ghana: lessons from a case study. Front. Sociol. 8:1260407. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1260407en
dcterms.issued2023-10-12en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectplant breedingen
dcterms.subjecttrait preferencesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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