Gender again—views of female agricultural extension officers by smallholder farmers in Tanzania

Due, Jean M.; Magayane, Flavianus T.; Temu, Anna A.

doi:10.1016/s0305-750x(96)00129-5

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“…Since women farmers did not feel comfortable around male extension workers, they preferred (45.0%) to receive visits and training programs from female extension workers. A similar result was found by Due et al (1997) in Tanzania. Tanzanian women farmers (40.0%) preferred to work with female extension agents.…”

Section: Information Sourcessupporting

confidence: 88%

Women farmers and extension services in small ruminant production in mountain areas of Turkey

Budak

Darcan

Kantar

2005

Journal of Arid Environments

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Section: Information Sourcessupporting

confidence: 88%

Women farmers and extension services in small ruminant production in mountain areas of Turkey

Budak

Darcan

Kantar

2005

Journal of Arid Environments

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“…In Sri Lanka where there are almost even numbers of female and male plant doctors, providing more choice to farmers, significantly more female farmers bring their crops to female plant doctors. This could raise the possibility that female farmers are more likely to choose same-sex extension workers when faced with a choice of genders for advice in certain cultures (Due, Magayane, and Temu 1997;Manfre et al 2013), a fact that the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation greatly encouraged in the mid-1990s (SDC 1995), although this can reinforce stereotypes rather than break down boundaries (Manfre et al 2013). Due and colleagues do however go on to state that: 'Farmers often stated that what was important was an extension agent who would assist them and not the gender of the agent'.…”

Section: Quality Of Servicementioning

confidence: 99%

Quality of extension advice: a gendered case study from Ghana and Sri Lanka

Lamontagne‐Godwin

Williams

Bandara³

et al. 2016

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

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Purpose: Women farmers have less access to extension services than male farmers, even though they make up almost half of the global agricultural workforce. Gender-focused international development programmes have focused on how ensuring women receive better access to advice. However, the quality of the technical advice and the service women receive in comparison to male farmers needs better understanding. Study design/methodology/approach: Five thousand interactions between male and female extension workers ('plant doctors') and farmers attending Plantwise plant clinics in Ghana and Sri Lanka are assessed for gender-based differences on quality of advice and service provided at clinics. Findings: The overall quality of technical advice given to male and female farmers at plant clinics in both countries did not differ. The quality of the advice given by male and female plant doctors for a specific pest/crop complex was different, and can be linked to results from the quality of service surveys that revealed women's main negative feedback was the impracticality of advice. Practical implications: Whilst the advice given is technically sound, results highlight the importance of appropriate advice, according to farmer gender and crop grown. Theoretical implications: A greater focus on plant doctors using their knowledge about women's role in agriculture would help to achieve more tailored advice. Originality/Value: This study leads the way in assessing the quality of the advice given according to gender. With large datasets, this research should help decision makers and future researchers to contemplate advice delivery according to gender. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…The lack of female extension agents and officers is especially troubling in light of research showing that women often prefer female extension agents in order to discuss their interests regarding agriculture. A study in Tanzania shows that men too prefer female extension agents as they feel women are more inclined to listen to them than the male extension agents (Due et al 1997). Another such example (from Arora-Jonsson 2013) is an assessment report of community forestry groups in Odisha by male authors with little direct contact with the village women that reported the women as being oppressed and lacking agency in forest contexts.…”

Section: Box 51 Beyond Economic Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They highlight the need for officers and researchers who might have better access to women. More importantly, research stresses that the main difference lies not in the sex of extension workers or forest officers, but in their ability and training to listen to the contextual needs of different groups and the importance of making an effort to reach out to them (Due et al 1997, Jafrey and Sulaiman 2013, Quisumbinq and Pandolfelli 2010.…”

Section: Box 51 Beyond Economic Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

SDG 5: Gender Equality – A Precondition for Sustainable Forestry

Arora‐Jonsson¹,

Agarwal²,

Colfer³

et al. 2019

Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People

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Key Points• Forestry cannot be thought of in isolation from its relations with other sectors and other parts of people's lives -for both the health of the forests and the well-being of forest peoples.• Forest governance and everyday management are upheld by a superstructure of gendered forest relations -invisible to mainstream forestry -that often disadvantages women as a social group.• Well-intentioned gender programmes can backfire, causing adverse effects on forests and forest peoples, if the efforts are not cognisant of context and power relations.

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Gender again—views of female agricultural extension officers by smallholder farmers in Tanzania

Cited by 39 publications

References 3 publications

Women farmers and extension services in small ruminant production in mountain areas of Turkey

Women farmers and extension services in small ruminant production in mountain areas of Turkey

Quality of extension advice: a gendered case study from Ghana and Sri Lanka

SDG 5: Gender Equality – A Precondition for Sustainable Forestry

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