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Gender, Tenurial niches in the Kandeu informal irrigation scheme of Malawi and their implications for drought mitigation
The presentation addresses the issue of understanding the gendered tenurial niches in the informal irrigation in the Kandeu informal irrigation scheme of Malawi and
their implications for drought mitigation, presented by ...
Gender Perspectives on the Dynamics of Lentil and Chickpea Production: the Case of Gimbichu and Minjar-Shenkora Districts, Ethiopia
Ethiopia has different agro-ecologies conducive for producing different crops. The country is the home of different pulse grain production and it was increased between 2000-2012 (Vincent and Jason 2013). Twelve pulse types ...
Women in Farming_Photo 1
Women in Farming_Photo 1
Gender and sustainable increase in production through irrigation: The Case of Ntcheu District, Malawi
The need to sustainably intensify agricultural production using irrigation dates as far back as the Egyptian civilization. In modern day Africa, irrigation offers an opportunity to get more crops per drop as a solution to ...
Gender dynamics in water governance institutions: the case of Gwanda's Guyu-Chelesa Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe
The need to incorporate women in development interventions has widely been highlighted in development literature. Despite recent attempts to include women in such efforts, the FAO's 2011 State of Agriculture Report points ...
Gender, intensification, extension and the “missing link” in Ntcheu District of Malawi
Since the inception of extension services in the mid-1940s in Malawi the benefits associated with extension service delivery are two fold; providing agricultural intensification knowledge through innovation brokering as ...
Women in Farming_Photo 2
Women in Farming_Photo 2
Gender and Irrigation: Its Implications on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. The Case of Ntcheu District of Malawi
Efforts have been made to intensify crop production through various technologies including irrigation schemes practices in Southern Africa as in other developing countries, however less focus have been placed on the extent ...
Gendered Land Tenure and Water infrastructure in the Chinyanja triangle: The case of Chauluka and Kamwaza villages in Kandeu, Ntcheu, Malawi
According to the Malawi Land Act of 1965, three categories of land tenure exist in the country. These are private, public and customary land. Private land is all land held under a freehold title, a leasehold title or land ...
Understanding the gendered tenurial niches in the informal irrigation in the Kandeu, Malawi
Understanding the gendered tenurial niches in the informal irrigation in the Kandeu, Malawi