Gender Norms and Access to Extension Services and Training among Potato Farmers in Dedza and Ntcheu in Malawi

Mudege, Netsayi N.; Chevo, Tafadzwa; Nyekanyeka, Ted; Kapalasa, Eliya; Demo, P.

doi:10.1080/1389224x.2015.1038282

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“…show that gender and cultural norms limit women's ability to attend training sessions (for example, perceptions that women cannot understand and do not have time) as well as their decision-making power over adoption and use of harvests (Mudege et al 2016). These differences negatively affect agricultural productivity, the adoption of agricultural innovations, and food security (Chipande 1987;Kilic, Palacios-Lopez, and Goldstein 2013…”

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Does providing agricultural and nutrition information to both men and women improve household food security? Evidence from Malawi

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Aberman²,

Mingote

2019

Global Food Security

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Section: Gender Gaps and Food Security In Malawimentioning

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Does providing agricultural and nutrition information to both men and women improve household food security? Evidence from Malawi

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Aberman²,

Mingote

2019

Global Food Security

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“…The lead farmer approach is employed to encourage innovative farmers to demonstrate recommended practices and promote farmer to farmer learning. However, most lead farmers are men, and this has marginalized women from extension services and entrenched gender inequalities where men are regarded as the ones with knowledge and women their helpers (Mudege et al 2015).…”

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“…Agricultural extension and education plays a significant role in improving farmer capacity for innovation (Poncet, Kuper, and Chiche 2010). However, studies in Africa and elsewhere have established that farmers, both men and women, lack access to the information and knowledge they need to improve their livelihoods (Leckie 1996;Katungi, Edmeades, and Smale 2008;Mudege et al 2015). But women are regarded as worse off.…”

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“…Additionally, the article will also look at how men and women justify or challenge gender inequality in terms of access to information and knowledge. Other studies that have sought to do the same focus on crops that are regarded as men dominated crops (Mudege et al 2015), but this article focuses on sweetpotato, which is an important crop for both men and women in Malawi.…”

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“…In Senegal, for instance, the recruitment and training of female extension agents was used to increase women's contact with extension services as well as women's knowledge of natural resource management practices (Moore et al 2001). Some micro-level studies focus on how gender relations within the household impact on access to information and knowledge (Mudege et al 2015). However, Whatmore (1991, 72) suggests that micro level analysis should not be conducted in isolation because 'gender regimes of family farming can be examined as particular points in a wider matrix of patriarchal gender relations' .…”

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Based on qualitative research conducted in Chikwawa and Phalombe in Malawi, this article discusses how gender relations shape men and women's access to and participation in agricultural training. It also examines how men and women justify or challenge gender inequalities in relation to access to agricultural information and knowledge. Data on gender and recruitment to and participation in training, barriers to training and access to information as well as farmer to farmer extension models were collected and analysed. A gender relations approach, focusing on power and inequality, was used to analyse the data. The data shows that the perception of men as household heads and women as carers or helpers who are also illiterate and ignorant often has implications on women's ability to access training and information. Negative stereotypical perceptions about women by their husbands and extension workers militate against women's access to training and information. Institutional biases within extension systems reproduce gender inequality by reinforcing stereotypical gender norms. Extension officers should be targeted with training on gender responsive adult learning methodologies and gender awareness to help them be more inclusive and sensitive to women's needs.

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Drivers of adaptive capacity of rural women farmers: The role of climate action and information mediums in rural Ghana

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Gender‐differentiated roles, responsibilities, access, rights, and knowledge gaps shape women's vulnerability to climate change. This is especially critical for women farmers whose livelihoods are climate‐dependent. A key component in building women farmers’ resilience to climate change is deepening their adaptive capacity. Therefore, this research sought to measure the adaptive capacity of women farmers from two unique districts of Ghana using the sustainable livelihood capitals and investigate how access to climate information and the uptake of climate action can influence women's adaptive capacity. Rural women farmers (n = 497) were interviewed through a survey and supported with key informant interviews from six agricultural staff at the selected districts. The adaptive capacity of respondents was rated moderate at 0.405. Differences between the adaptive capacity of women from different agroecological zones (Dormaa East—0.422; East Gonja—0.388) were statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). All climate information mediums except the TV medium had a significant prediction on women farmers’ adaptive capacity. The odds of a decreasing relationship of predictor variables, such as extension officer medium, radio, and adaptation action, require strategic structuring to accrue holistic benefit. The study thus recommends deepening women's benefit from extension services by attracting and retaining female extensionists, while training extensionists on tailored techniques for engaging female farmers. Again, extensionists who report high outreach to female farmers should be incentivized. Traditional and modern Information and Communication Technology mediums must be explored and integrated as alternatives. Co‐benefit practices for both adaptation and mitigation should be encouraged among women farmers to deepen climate action.

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Gender Norms and Access to Extension Services and Training among Potato Farmers in Dedza and Ntcheu in Malawi

Cited by 42 publications

References 10 publications

Does providing agricultural and nutrition information to both men and women improve household food security? Evidence from Malawi

Does providing agricultural and nutrition information to both men and women improve household food security? Evidence from Malawi

The role of gender norms in access to agricultural training in Chikwawa and Phalombe, Malawi

Drivers of adaptive capacity of rural women farmers: The role of climate action and information mediums in rural Ghana

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