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How do agricultural innovations influence socio economic hierarchies? Findings from Rural Rajasthan
This presentation describes the results of a study conducted in three agricultural communities in dry rural Rajasthan with differing economic and gender norms dynamics to gain a more nuanced understanding of how the adoption ...
Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Livestock Production in Tunisia
Report on Gender and Climate Change Adaptation in Livestock Production in Tunisia.
Gender and agricultural extension: why a gender focus matters
The long-term success of extension services is dependent upon addressing the underlying causes of gender
inequality. However, gender analysis is often not included in the design and implementation of extension services. ...
Tools for gender assessment in lentil production in India
Tools for gender assessment in lentil production in India
Integrating Gender into the Use of Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) Project in Algeria and Tunisia
Gender is a social category distinct from sex. A person’s sex is their biological attributes as a man or a woman. “Gender” is a social construct, referring to social roles and relationships between women and men (FAO 2011). ...
Lentil farming and gender norms in Ethiopia
Although lentils are a critical source of income in parts of Ethiopia, not enough attention has been paid to farmers’ limited access to reliable information and improved seed varieties. Furthermore, the gender aspects of ...
Gender and agriculture in Tunisia: A brief country report
The brochure describes the gender aspects of extension in Tunisia and the scientific gender approach of the Mind the Gap project, including recommandation for extension services
Women, irrigation and social norms in Egypt: “The more things change, the more they stay the same?”
This paper explores how women and men participate in irrigation activities in Egypt, drawing from a survey administered to 200 men and 202 women and qualitative information from 150 interviews. Women participated in ...
Innovations Agricoles : options pour des approches de transfert de technologies agricoles appropriées dans les zones semi-arides en Tunisie
Une évaluation approfondie du système de vulgarisation agricole tunisien montre que des paquets technologiques améliorés destinés au système de production agricole mixte élevage-orge en Tunisie semi-aride permettent ...
Wage Work, Women and Decision-making Power in Saiss Morocco
Sustained investment in irrigation and land privatization in Morocco created a surge of employment in the Saiss area in the agricultural wage sector for men and especially women. This investment is often hailed as a success ...