Women And Small Scale Irrigation A Review Of The Factors Influencing Gendered Patterns Of Participation And Benefits

Author : Bryan, Elizabeth,Lefore, Nicole
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Women and small-scale irrigation: A review of the factors influencing gendered patterns of participation and benefits by Bryan, Elizabeth,Lefore, Nicole Pdf

Small-scale irrigation is expanding rapidly in parts of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, offering smallholder farmers an opportunity to improve their livelihoods, diets, and resilience to climate change among other benefits. Growing research focuses on the potential for small-scale irrigation to offer a pathway for women’s empowerment, yet the factors conditioning the relationship between small-scale irrigation and women’s empowerment are not well understood. The evidence tends to be scattered across context-specific case studies that focus on targeted outcomes, without distinguishing between technology types, scales, or approaches to irrigation systems or technologies. This paper synthesizes the issues related to gender and small-scale irrigation using a conceptual framework that highlights the linkages between elements of women’s empowerment and small-scale irrigation. Because gendered dynamics with small-scale irrigation play out differently depending on the scale of irrigation and the technologies used, this paper applies the framework to examine case studies across a typology of small-scale irrigation systems. The case studies cover a range of farming and livelihood systems in which women’s roles and gender relations vary, highlighting the importance of the opportunity structure or context in which irrigation takes place. This paper then draws lessons on the various ways in which small-scale irrigation, gender relations, and women’s empowerment interact and highlights areas where research gaps remain.

Author : Elizabeth Bryan,Nicole Lefore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1356303903

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Women and Small-scale Irrigation by Elizabeth Bryan,Nicole Lefore Pdf

Author : Barbara van Koppen,Lesley Hope,Willem Colenbrander
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290907671

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Gender Aspects of Small-scale Private Irrigation in Africa by Barbara van Koppen,Lesley Hope,Willem Colenbrander Pdf

This Working Paper presents methodological and substantive findings of gender-differentiated quantitative farm household surveys about smallholder’s private irrigation technology adoption in Ghana and Zambia. Focusing on three gender variables, household headship, labor provision and plot management, the paper examines adoption rates, types of technologies and gendered labor provision in female- and male-headed households; compares adoption rates on women’s own plots with overall rates; compares women’s decision-making on irrigated plots and rainfed plots; and examines impacts of targeting strategies. Findings suggest that women are proactive irrigation adopters in spite of the many obstacles they face. Removing those obstacles serves both gender equality and irrigation policies.

Author : Theis, Sophie,Bekele, Rahel Deribe,Lefore, Nicole,Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela,Ringler, Claudia
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Considering gender when promoting small-scale irrigation technologies: Guidance for inclusive irrigation interventions by Theis, Sophie,Bekele, Rahel Deribe,Lefore, Nicole,Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela,Ringler, Claudia Pdf

Many actors promoting irrigation technologies in low- and middle-income countries want to ensure that men, women, and different social groups have equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from irrigation but are uncertain how to do so. This tool provides a guide and structured set of questions to assess gender dynamics in irrigation in a specific context. The questions can be used to collect information prior to, during, or after project implementation to inform different strategic approaches of the project, including gender-sensitive marketing and dissemination strategies, design of technologies, risk mitigation approaches, adaptive management, and/or monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities.

Author : Theis, Sophie,Lefore, Nicole,Bryan, Elizabeth,Ringler, Claudia,Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Integrating gender into small-scale irrigation by Theis, Sophie,Lefore, Nicole,Bryan, Elizabeth,Ringler, Claudia,Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela Pdf

Small-Scale Irrigation (SSI) interventions, like other development interventions, need to take into account men’s and women’s context-specific roles in agriculture and their related gender-based preferences and challenges. Understanding gender differences related to SSI technologies can help us improve targeting and better anticipate and monitor the impact of technologies on different people. Gender analysis is relevant to any SSI program, whether it seeks to avoid harm to women, to serve both men and women, or to advance women’s empowerment.

Author : Bryan, Elizabeth,Garner, Elisabeth
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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What does empowerment mean to women in northern Ghana? Insights from research around a small-scale irrigation intervention by Bryan, Elizabeth,Garner, Elisabeth Pdf

Women’s empowerment is important to improve the status of women and achieve greater gender equity. It is also an important vehicle for achieving other development goals related to food security, nutrition, health, and economic growth. Increasingly, researchers seek ways to measure women’s empowerment, trace the pathways through which women’s empowerment is achieved, and provide guidance for policymakers and practitioners aiming to facilitate women’s empowerment through their interventions. This paper explores local perceptions of empowerment in the Upper East Region of Ghana in the context of a small-scale irrigation intervention targeted to men and women farmers. Using data collected through qualitative interviews and focus groups, the paper traces the linkages between small-scale irrigation and aspects of women’s empowerment, identified as important to men and women farmers themselves. The relationship between the components of empowerment and small-scale irrigation are placed within a larger context of social change underlying these relationships. Finally, this paper explores the ways that the introduction of modern technologies for small-scale irrigation may contribute to women’s empowerment.

Author : Laia Domenech
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Impact of Irrigation on Nutrition, Health, and Gender by Laia Domenech Pdf

Agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) is still largely rainfed. SSA also exhibits the lowest crop yields for major staples in the world, largely due to low use of irrigation and fertilizer. Rainfed agriculture poses growing production risks with increased climate variability and change. At the same time, smallholder irrigation in the region developed rapidly over the past decade, albeit starting from very low levels. In addition to largely demand-driven irrigation development by smallholders, there is a significant push by donors for large-scale irrigation development, as well as some push for smallholder irrigation. There has also been a long-standing debate about whether irrigation in SSA should be large scale or small scale to achieve its potential. However, given the potentially high rewards, but also high possibility of failure, the assessment of irrigation potential must go beyond large scale versus small scale to integrate concerns regarding environmental sustainability, resource use efficiency, nutrition and health impacts, and women’s empowerment. The hypothesis underlying this review paper is that how irrigation gets deployed in SSA will be decisive not only for environmental sustainability (such as deciding remaining forest cover in the region) and poverty reduction, but also for health, nutrition, and gender outcomes in the region. The focus of this paper is on the health, nutrition, and gender linkage. We find that to date, few studies have analyzed the impact of irrigation interventions on nutrition, health, and women’s empowerment, despite the large potential of irrigation to affect these important variables. Irrigation interventions may have differential effects on different members in the household and in the community, such as irrigators, non-irrigators, children, and women. Measuring and understanding such differences, followed by improving design and implementation to maximize gender, health, and nutrition outcomes, could transform irrigation programs from focusing solely on increased food production toward becoming an integral component of poverty-reduction strategies.

Author : Bhawana Upadhyay,Madar Samad,Mark Giordano
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Microirrigation
ISBN : 9789290905813

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Livelihoods and gender roles in drip-irrigation technology: A case of Nepal by Bhawana Upadhyay,Madar Samad,Mark Giordano Pdf

This paper attempts to understand gender issues in micro-irrigation technology by exploring the dynamics of gender, water and rural livelihoods. Based on an empirical study in the rural areas ofWest Nepal undertaken in 2003, the paper assesses the socioeconomic impact of drip-irrigation systems on men and women􀂶s lives. A combination of participatory research tools, participant observationand secondary sources were used to generate data. The study revealed that women extensively contributed to vegetable farming under the drip-irrigation systems. The total time (mean hours) spent by women in vegetable production is significantly higher than those spent by their male counterparts. The benefit cost analysis of vegetable farming has shown overall viability in terms of net present value, benefit cost ratio, internal rate of return and payback period. Based on the study findings, thepaper suggests that similar technological interventions could be considered in places of similar socioeconomic and biophysical characteristics to help empower rural women. Finally, the paper raisessome significant questions in relation to rural livelihoods and womens entitlements.

Author : Merrey, D. J.,Lefore, Nicole
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290908760

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Improving the availability and effectiveness of rural and “Micro” finance for small-scale irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa by Merrey, D. J.,Lefore, Nicole Pdf

Author : Lefore, N.,Weight, E,Mukhamedova, N.
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290908586

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Improving gender equity in irrigation by Lefore, N.,Weight, E,Mukhamedova, N. Pdf

Author : Laia Domenech, and Claudia Ringler
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The impact of irrigation on nutrition, health, and gender: A review paper with insights for Africa south of the Sahara by Laia Domenech, and Claudia Ringler Pdf

Author : Bryan, Elizabeth,Hagos, Fitsum,Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework,Gemeda, Demie Abera,Yimam, Seid
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The diffusion of small-scale irrigation technologies in Ethiopia: Stakeholder analysis using Net-Map by Bryan, Elizabeth,Hagos, Fitsum,Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework,Gemeda, Demie Abera,Yimam, Seid Pdf

Small-scale irrigation (SSI) provides great benefits to farmers in terms of increased yields and profits, better food and nutrition security and greater resilience to climate shocks. Ethiopia has high potential for expanding SSI and has invested considerably in this area in recent years. Despite these investments, several challenges to further expansion of irrigation technologies remain. Different stakeholders in the country play important roles in overcoming these barriers to further scale technologies for SSI. This paper explores institutional arrangements for the diffusion of small-scale irrigation technologies by mapping the landscape of key actors involved, their interconnections, and their influence. This paper draws on an analysis of stakeholder data collected through two participatory workshops in Ethiopia, one at the national level and one at the Oromia regional level, using the Net-Map approach. Results show the dominance of government actors in the diffusion of SSI at both the national and regional levels, while most private sector and NGO actors remain in the periphery. Participants in both workshops highlighted the need for increased financing services to support the adoption of SSI and measures aimed at increasing the supply of high-quality irrigation equipment, such as modern water lifting technologies. One notable difference between the national and regional results was that at the regional level, farmers, and to some extent traders and input suppliers, were considered to be more influential in the diffusion of irrigation technologies, while they were considered marginal actors at the national level.

Author : International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Revolutionizing smallholder irrigation in Africa by International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Bryan,Elisabeth Garner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1353910369

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What Does Empowerment Mean to Women in Northern Ghana? by Elizabeth Bryan,Elisabeth Garner Pdf

Author : Kate Grantham,Gillian Dowie,Arjan de Haan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000340341

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Women's Economic Empowerment by Kate Grantham,Gillian Dowie,Arjan de Haan Pdf

This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women’s economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. International Development Research Centre’s (IDRC) Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women’s care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as the school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the Global South.