Gender assessment of vegetable farmers’ utilisation of soil and water conservation technologies in MicroVeg project Sites, Southwest Nigeria

Faniyi, Ebunoluwa Oyindamola; Deji, Olanike F.; Oyedele, D. J.; Adebooye, O. C.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2019.1238.25

“…The link between extension visits and manure application is consistent with the important role that extension has been seen to play in influencing on-farm innovation beyond research in both developing and developed communities (Takahashi et al, 2020). In their study of utilization of soil conservation practices, Faniyi et al (2019) noted that there was a correlation between contact with extension and use of innovations. For farmers to decide to allocate ONS resources (or not) to a plot, they need to be adequately aware of the potential tradeoffs.…”

Section: Socio-cultural Factors In Management Of Ons (Extension and Adherence To Norms)supporting

confidence: 55%

Organic Nutrient Source Allocation and Use in Smallholder Farming Communities: What Are We Missing?

Nyamasoka-Magonziwa

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Vanek

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Carolan

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et al. 2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Organic nutrient sources (ONS) are managed as a key resource by smallholder farmers to maintain the productivity of soils. Recycling of ONS by applying them to soils is a globally dominant strategy of ecological nutrient management. Understanding how ONS produced on-farm are allocated and what drives farmer decision making around their use is critical for sustainable nutrient management in smallholder agroecosystems. Using focus group discussions and a survey of 184 farming households, we studied socio-economic, socio-cultural, and environmental drivers of ONS allocation and use at the farm scale in three contrasting agroecological zones of western Kenya. Farm typologies of ONS management were also developed using cluster analysis based on resource endowment and the connectedness of farmers, management norms, and interaction with extension. Our findings suggest that the more resource endowed a farmer is, the more ONS are allocated to the main plot within the farm. We also observed that farmers preferred allocating more resources to plots that were considered more fertile. Land tenure had an important influence, in that main plots not owned by farmers were more likely to retain ONS such as crop residues. Management of residues is dependent on farmer gender, for instance, female farmers tended to burn legume residues in particular, which is notable since these higher quality residues are often considered key to sustainable soil nutrient management. Farm typologies featured different allocation patterns of ONS and were associated with resource endowment and farmer networks, including external ties to extension agents and internal ties to other farmers. Finally, there was a strong overarching influence of agroecological zone that often escapes characterization on the allocation of ONS. As research and development organizations continue to engage with smallholder farmers to reduce the burden of global food insecurity, the insights gained by this research will allow better anticipation of drivers and obstacles to improved nutrient management in these farming landscapes and communities.

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“…To better understand the relationship between CSA, gender, and rural livelihoods, there is a need for well-defined and efficient indicators (SMART indicators) that allow project managers and policy-makers to assess and evaluate CSA programs or interventions in terms of their impact on gender relations (Gutierrez-Montes et al 2018) Women are known to be more involved in agricultural activities than men in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, Nigeria inclusive with as much as 73% involved in cash and food crops, arable and vegetable gardening, 16% in postharvest activities, and 15% in agroforestry (FAO and ECOWAS 2018;FAO 2019). The percentage of work done by women farmers far outweighs that of men, especially in Nigeria; they are major stakeholders for sustainable development (Faniyi et al 2018(Faniyi et al , 2019FAO 2019;National Bureau of Statistics-NBS 2016). There is gender role differentiation of immense dimension within African agriculture.…”

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Gender Implications of Farmers’ Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Along Agriculture Value Chain in Nigeria

Deji

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2021

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Climate change contributes significantly to the looming food insecurity in the rain-fed agricultural countries of Africa, including Nigeria. There is a gender dimension in climate change impacts and adaptation strategies along Agriculture Value Chain (AVC) in Nigeria. The chapter gender analyzed the aspects of climate change impacts; identified the indigenous and expert-based artificial adaptation strategies; assessed the gender differences in the adaptation strategies; and provided the gender implications of the indigenous adaptation strategies among actors along the AVC. The chapter adopted a value chain-based exploratory design with gender analysis as the narrative framework with Gender Response Theory as the theoretical background. There were gender differences in the production, economic, and social dimensions of the climate change impacts along the AVC. The indigenous climate change adaptation strategies were availability, low cost, and easily accessible; hence they were popularly adopted by male and female AVC actors. The adopted indigenous adaptation strategies challenged the social relations, influenced reordering of social and gender relations, participation, and power relation among the male and female actors along the AVC.

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Gender Implications of Farmers’ Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Along Agriculture Value Chain in Nigeria

Deji¹

2020

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Climate change contributes significantly to the looming food insecurity in the rain-fed agricultural countries of Africa, including Nigeria. There is a gender dimension in climate change impacts and adaptation strategies along Agriculture Value Chain (AVC) in Nigeria. The chapter gender analyzed the aspects of climate change impacts; identified the indigenous and expert-based artificial adaptation strategies; assessed the gender differences in the adaptation strategies; and provided the gender implications of the indigenous adaptation strategies among actors along the AVC. The chapter adopted a value chain-based exploratory design with gender analysis as the narrative framework with Gender Response Theory as the theoretical background. There were gender differences in the production, economic, and social dimensions of the climate change impacts along the AVC. The indigenous climate change adaptation strategies were availability, low cost, and easily accessible; hence they were popularly adopted by male and female AVC actors. The adopted indigenous adaptation strategies challenged the social relations, influenced reordering of social and gender relations, participation, and power relation among the male and female actors along the AVC.

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Gender assessment of vegetable farmers’ utilisation of soil and water conservation technologies in MicroVeg project Sites, Southwest Nigeria

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Organic Nutrient Source Allocation and Use in Smallholder Farming Communities: What Are We Missing?

Organic Nutrient Source Allocation and Use in Smallholder Farming Communities: What Are We Missing?

Gender Implications of Farmers’ Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Along Agriculture Value Chain in Nigeria

Gender Implications of Farmers’ Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Along Agriculture Value Chain in Nigeria

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